The Sahel region of Africa is a 3860-kilometre arc-like land mass lying to the immediate south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the breadth of the African continent. A largely semi-arid… ... Geographic definitions of the Sahel region vary. read more
Fun facts: This desert divides the Sahara desert from Africa’s tropical forests. “Sahel” in Arabic means “shore”. Its region mostly consists of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrublands lying between the wooded Sudanian Savanna to the south and the Sahara to the north. read more