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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.
The Sahel is a coastline of what geographic feature?
The Sahel is a transition zone bordering the Sahara.
What is Africa transition zone between desert and rain forest?
Sahel
Why do people farm in the Sahel Desert?
Millet is grown in the Sahel because it is a drought-tolerant crop. The Sahel runs the length of Africa as the transition zone between the Sahara and the fertile jungles of southern Africa.
What is Africa's transition zone between desert and rainforest?
The countries that are within the Sahel (African Transition zone) are Gambian, Niger, Nigeria, Sengel, Mali, Algeria, Chad, Cameroon, Mauritania, Sudan, Bukino, and Faso. This area is the transitional shrub land between the vast Sahara and the savanna.
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.
Is the transition zone at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert is called the Sahel?
Yes, it is a transition zone from the desert to a grassland or forest biome and called the Sahel.
The Sahel is a coastline of what geographic feature?
The Sahel is a transition zone bordering the Sahara.
What is the semi arid transition zone south of the Sahara?
The Sahel.
Does the Sahel have a hot and dry desert?
While the Sahel is hot and dry, overall it receives too much rain to be considered as a desert. It is a transition zone between the Sahara and Savanna.
Is the Sahel and the African transition zone the same?
Yes both are the same!
What is Africa transition zone between desert and rain forest?
Sahel
What is transition area between deserts and temperate forests?
The transition zone between a desert and a forest is a savanna.
Is the Sahel a desert in Africa?
No, the Sahel is not a desert. It is a transition zone south of the Sahara. It is, however, rapidly become desert through the process of desertification.
The African Transition Zone?
The African transition zone is called the Sahel. This area is were the Sahara transitions into the Savannah. This area is under threat from overgrazing and poor farming techniques.
What land region is directly south of the Sahara?
The Sahel is a transition zone directly below the Sahara.
What is something interesting about the Sahel Desert?
The Sahel is not a desert, it is a distinct and different biome from a desert. It is a grassland transition zone and receives more rainfall than a desert.
