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The Sahel is a vast transition zone stretching across North Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea, characterized by a hot semi-arid climate that lies between the wetter savannas to its south and the Sahara Desert to its north. It matters because this biogeographical region represents a critical ecological boundary and is home to distinctive plant and animal communities adapted to its unique climate conditions.
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Key facts
- Ecoregion.name
- Sahel
- Ecoregion.map_caption
- The Sahel region in Africa: a belt up to wide that spans from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea
- Ecoregion.biogeographic_realm
- Afrotropical
- Ecoregion.biome
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Ecoregion.animals
- Camels, horses
- Ecoregion.bird_species
- Migratory birds
- Ecoregion.mammal_species
- Oryx, gazelles, African buffalo
- Ecoregion.border
- East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
- Ecoregion.border1
- East Sudanian savanna
- Ecoregion.border2
- Ethiopian montane forests
- Ecoregion.border3
- Inner Niger Delta
- Ecoregion.border4
- Lake Chad flooded savanna
- Ecoregion.border5
- South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- Ecoregion.border6
- Sudd flooded grasslands
- Ecoregion.border7
- West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
- Ecoregion.border8
- West Sudanian savanna
- Ecoregion.area
- 3,053,200
- Ecoregion.country
- Algeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region
- Demonym
- saheliano
- Country
- Algeria
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- sub-Saharan Africa
- Image
- Sahel Scene - Dori - Sahel Region - Burkina Faso.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Sudan
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- located in/on physical feature
- Africa
- Commons category
- Sahel
- topic's main category
- Category:Sahel
- different from
- Sahil
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- native label
- Sahel
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Español
El Sahel o Sáhel es una zona ecoclimática y biogeográfica del norte del continente africano. Limita al norte con el desierto del Sahara y al sur con la sabana sudanesa, siendo una zona de transición entre ambos. En la dirección oeste-este, se extiende desde el océano Atlántico hasta el mar Rojo, atravesando todo el continente. Se desarrolla por una decena de países aproximadamente. Estos son: (de oeste a este) el sur de Mauritania, norte de Senegal, centro de Malí, norte de Burkina Faso, sur de Níger, norte de Nigeria, centro de Chad y de Sudán, Eritrea y norte de Etiopía. A través de la historia de África, la región ha acogido algunos de los reinos más avanzados, quienes se beneficiaron del comercio que recorría el desierto. Colectivamente, estos estados fueron conocidos como reinos sahelianos (véase la sección más adelante).
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