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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 · Français
Le Sahel (de l'arabe سَاحِل, sāḥil, « rivage » ou « côte », en tamazight : ⵙⴰⵃⵉⵍ) désigne une bande de l'Afrique marquant la transition, à la fois floristique et climatique, entre le domaine saharien au nord et les savanes du domaine soudanien, où les pluies sont substantielles, au sud. D'ouest en est, il s'étend de l'Atlantique à la mer Rouge. La définition de la zone couverte est très variable selon les auteurs. Ainsi pour certains, le Sahel comprend tous les territoires bordant le Sahara : il y a donc un Sahel septentrional et un Sahel méridional. C'est ce dernier qui est cependant désigné quand on ne lui ajoute pas de qualificatif.
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