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Climate Ennedi Plateau is located at the border of the Sahara and the Sahel 10 year average precipitation during the summer rainy season (May - September) in the Sahel and adjacent regions. The Sahel has a tropical semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh). The climate is typically hot, sunny, dry and somewhat windy all year long.
- 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
Also known as the Sahel, the African Transition Zone is a climate phenomenon that shifts depending on the seasons. It is where the subtropical high-pressure belt, which contributes to the arid conditions of the Sahara Desert, meets the ITCZ ( Intertropical Convergence Zone ), an equatorial low-pressure zone that makes the tropics wet.
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Aug 9, 2017 · The Sahel is located in Afro-Eurasia, which is influenced by major summer heat sources 25, 26 and monsoon systems with substantial latent heating 27, 28.
- Shan He, Song Yang, Zhenning Li
- 2017
Nov 21, 2023 · The climate of the Sahel region is considered semi-arid steppe land. Semi-arid can be defined as a dry location that receives some rain, while steppe refers to flat and unforested grasslands.
Aug 16, 2021 · The Sahel has a tropical climate. Summers are very hot. The maximum mean temperature in the summer can range from 33°C to 36°C. Lows in the region’s temperature average between 18°C and 21°C. The amount of rainfall in the Sahelian south is different from the north. In the southern zone of the Sahel, rainfall can average 600mm per year.
Jul 24, 2015 · The Sahel is the semi-arid southern shore of the Saharan 'sea of sand'. It holds a special place in climate science, because of the long-standing debate on the causes of persistent drought in...
The Sahel, the northernmost band, is a semiarid belt between the Sahara and the grassland savannas to the south . It is the driest part of the savanna and experiences rain only periodically during six months of the year.
