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The Sahara became a desert in about 1600 BCE. This happened because shifts in the Earth's axis increased temperatures and decreased precipitation.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Sahel is not a desert but a separate biome. It is a semi-arid grassland that is a transition zone between a desert and another biome.
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What is the region of Africa between the desert and the grasslands?
Between the Sahara Desert and the northern edge of the savanna is the Sahel. The Sahel is an arid grassland. However, overgrazing is converting the Sahel into desert.
In Africa in what region is the Sahel?
The Sahel is a semi-arid region south of the Sahara.
What is the housing like in the Sahel Desert?
The Sahel is a grassland and not a desert.
What is the region located in sahel?
The Sahel is a semiarid region just south of the Sahara. It is a transition zone between the Sahara and grasslands further south. It is rapidly turning into true desert due to a process called desertification.
What is the name of the region located south of the sahara desert that is vulnerable to desertification?
The Kalahari Desert is south of the Sahara.
Is the Sahel region not a desert anymore?
The Sahel was never a desert, it is a grassland. However, in recent years the Sahel has been undergoing desertification and is slowly turning to desert.
What is the region of Africa between the desert and the grassland?
Between the Sahara Desert and the northern edge of the savanna is the Sahel. The Sahel is an arid grassland. However, overgrazing is converting the Sahel into desert.
Is Sahel a continent?
The Sahel is merely a region of the continent Africa, located south of the Sahara desert.
What is the name of the region in Africa just south of the Sahara Desert?
The Sahel Region.
What is the region that separates the desert and the savanna?
In Africa it is called the Sahel.
What is The region at the southern edge of the Sahara desert?
The Sahel is a semi-arid grassland south of the Sahara.
What is the region of Africa between the desert and the grasslands?
Between the Sahara Desert and the northern edge of the savanna is the Sahel. The Sahel is an arid grassland. However, overgrazing is converting the Sahel into desert.
What is the semiarid region that separates the Sahara Desert from the tropical savanna?
Sahel
Who lives in the Sahel Desert?
There is no Sahel Desert. The Sahel is a grassland, not a desert. So, the answer to your question is that nobody lives in the Sahel Desert but people do live in the Sahel grassland.
What is the Arabic name of the region of Africa that borders the Sahara Desert to the south?
The Sahel
What deserts are south of the Sahara desert?
The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.The Sahel, a grassland, is directly south of the Sahara Desert.
In Africa in what region is the Sahel?
The Sahel is a semi-arid region south of the Sahara.
