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     • The Sahel region of West Africa is a semi-arid expanse of grassland, shrubs, and small, thorny trees lying just south of the Sahara.
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   Where is the semi arid Sahel located?

   • The semi-arid Sahel is located north of the moist Sudan grassland and south of the hyper-arid Sahara desert. Around 95% of the local land is used for agricultural production (Rockström et al. 2004; Zhang et al. 2021 ).

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   Is the Sahel a wet region?

   • On average, the Sahel lies within this region of subsidence. In very wet years the two cells merge, creating a very broad band of rainfall (Nicholson, 2008 ). Figure 23. Schematic of the rain belt over West Africa (from Nicholson, 2009 ). The top diagram is a vertical cross-section of mean vertical motion (10 −2 hPa s −1) in August.

   Climate of the Sahel and West Africa - Oxford Research Encyclopedias

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   Is Sahel a desert or a savanna?

   • The Sahel is a wide band of semi-arid ecoregions consisting of savannas, grasslands, steppes, and thorn shrublands. Sahel ranges from Senegal and Mauritania on the Atlantic coast to Sudan and Eritrea on the Red Sea coast, and lies between the Sahara to the north and the wooded Sudanian savannas to the south.

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   Is the Sahel desert re-greening?

   • In recent decades, the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert, has experienced a significant wettening and re-greening after the dry decades of the 1970s and 1980s.

   The Greening of the Sahara: Past Changes and Future Implications

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3. oxfordre.com › climatescience › climatescienceClimate of the Sahel and West Africa | Oxford Research ...

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   This article provides an in-depth look at all aspects of the climate of the Sahel, including the pervasive dust in the Sahelian atmosphere. Emphasis is on two aspects: West African monsoon and the region’s rainfall regime.

4. lpdaac.usgs.gov › african-sahel-transitionLP DAAC - The African Sahel in Transition - USGS

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   The Sahel, a semi-arid ecosystem that can be found in 14 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, is at potential risk of desert creep if the region were to become hotter and drier.

5. www.nature.com › articles › s41467/017/02021-1Observed positive vegetation-rainfall feedbacks in the Sahel ...

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   Nov 30, 2017 · Charney 6 first hypothesized a positive vegetation-rainfall feedback regarding Sahel desertification, in which reduced greenness leads to increased surface albedo, resulting in low-level...

   • Author: Yan Yu, Michael Notaro, Fuyao Wang, Jiafu Mao, Xiaoying Shi, Yaxing Wei

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7. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleThe Greening of the Sahara: Past Changes and Future ...

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   Mar 20, 2020 · The harsh and hyperarid Sahara in northern Africa is the largest hot desert on Earth. The Sahara Desert owes its existence to a particular combination of regional continental geography and atmospheric circulation.

   • Author: Francesco S.R. Pausata, Marco Gaetani, Gabriele Messori, Gabriele Messori, Alexis Berg, Danielle Mai...

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8. link.springer.com › article › 10Regime Shifts in the Sahara and Sahel: Interactions between ...

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   Sep 9, 2003 · Guiling Wang. 3648 Accesses. 185 Citations. 40 Altmetric. 3 Mentions. Explore all metrics. Abstract. The Sahara and Sahel regions of northern Africa have complex environmental histories punctuated by sudden and dramatic “regime shifts” in climate and ecological conditions.

   • Author: Jonathan A. Foley, Michael T. Coe, Marten Scheffer, Guiling Wang

   • Publish Year: 2003

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   Oct 30, 2013 · Tropical savannas are found in Australia, India, Africa (Sahel and southern Africa), Central and South America, and in the Caribbean.

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    Dec 15, 2022 · The semi-arid Sahel is located north of the moist Sudan grassland and south of the hyper-arid Sahara desert. Around 95% of the local land is used for agricultural production (Rockström et al. 2004; Zhang et al. 2021).