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Tropical savanna climates (Aw), Hot Semi-arid (BSh), Hot Desert (BWh) The Sahel region ( / səˈhɛl /; from Arabic ساحل (sāḥil [ˈsaːħil]) 'coast, shore') or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north.
- 3,053,200 km² (1,178,800 sq mi)
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- 200 and 400 meters (660 and 1,310 ft)
- Afrotropical
The Sahel or Sahel Belt (from Arabic ساحل, sāḥil, shore, border or coast of the Sahara) is a semi-arid tropical savanna ecoregion in Africa, which forms the transitional zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savanna belt to the south known as the Sudan (not to be confused with the country of the same name).
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Mar 31, 2021 · The EU is currently reviewing its Sahel strategy in 2021. Despite the approaches set out in the EU’s Sahel strategy, and the increased resources dedicated to development in the region, violence has continued to worsen in central Mali in the last four years. In 2019 French President Emmanuel Macron announced the Partnership for Security and ...
Mar 31, 2022 · The Sudano-Sahelian region of Africa spans 5,400 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, separating the Sahara Desert from the Western Coast and tropical areas of Africa. It has a tropical semi-arid climate, characterised by heat and low rainfall. It consists mostly of grasslands, savannahs and shrublands.
Jun 10, 2021 · In February 2019, countries set down a plan to invest $400 billion in fighting climate change in the Sahel by 2030. - Population pressure -. The region, which is wracked by poverty, has one of the ...
The Sahel, the vast semi-arid region of Africa separating the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical savannas to the south, is as much a land of opportunities as it is of challenges. Although it ...
Feb 28, 2017 · Published: February 27, 2017 7:25pm EST. The Sahel region of Africa is a 3,860-kilometre arc-like land mass lying to the immediate south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the ...
