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Saharan, Sahelian, Sudanian, Guinean, and Guineo-Congolian Regions
- From north to south — from the Sahara to the humid southern coast — West Africa can be subdivided into five broad east-west belts that characterize the climate and the vegetation. These are the bioclimatic zones known as the Saharan, Sahelian, Sudanian, Guinean, and Guineo-Congolian Regions, shown in the map above.
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May 18, 2023 · Bioclimatic Regions Map. From north to south — from the Sahara to the humid southern coast — West Africa can be subdivided into five broad east-west belts that characterize the climate and the vegetation. These are the bioclimatic zones known as the Saharan, Sahelian, Sudanian, Guinean, and Guineo-Congolian Regions, shown in the map above.
- Landscapes of West Africa
The map of ecological regions of West Africa captures the...
- See Atlas Publication
Our global ecosystem is and has always been complex,...
- Landscapes of West Africa
May 30, 2018 · The map of ecological regions of West Africa captures the variety and complexity of West Africa’s landscapes and presents a way of organizing them into smaller units. Ecological regions, or ecoregions, are areas of relative homogeneity with respect to ecological systems involving the interrelationships of plants, animals, and their environment.
Nov 27, 2020 · Here we present a change intensity analysis of a Landsat-based, visually interpreted, multi-date (1975, 2000, 2013) land cover dataset of West Africa, stratified into five bioclimatic...
- Stefanie M. Herrmann, Martin Brandt, Kjeld Rasmussen, Rasmus Fensholt
- 2020
May 30, 2018 · Landscapes of West Africa: A Window on a Changing World is an atlas and unique dataset that uses time-series satellite image data and field-based photography to tell the story of wide-ranging land change across 17 countries.
- Niger. The former French colony of Niger is landlocked, with the Sahara Desert making up its largest portion. Niger is a land of subsistence farmers, and most of the population lives in the southern regions.
- Mali. To the west of Niger is Mali, another landlocked Muslim country dominated by the Sahara Desert. Mali was home to various ancient empires. Wealth was historically gained from the mining of gold, salt, and copper.
- Mauritania. Mauritania is also dominated by Islam and the Sahara Desert. Niger, Mali, and Mauritania are the largest of the West African states and together would cover the area of the United States east of the Mississippi River.
- Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. Freeing itself from the grip of Portuguese colonial rule was a hard-fought battle for Guinea-Bissau, which became independent in 1974.
Nigeria is a tropical region situated at latitudes (2°N, 14°N) and longitudes (2°E, 14°E) in the western part of Africa. It consists of 36 states and a Federal Capital Territory that are ...
Mar 1, 2024 · West Africa consists of a wide range of ecosystems, and bioclimatic regions from the rainforest to desert. There is a strong transition in land use land cover when moving from the north to the south. The northern area supports pastoralists while the southern area is predominantly an agroforestry economy [1].
