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Sahel (other)
Sahel is an ecoclimatic and biogeographic transition zone in Africa. Sahel may also refer to: Geographic * Sahel (Eritrea), a town * Sahel, Larache, a town in Morocco * Sahel, Mali, a commune * Sahel, Tunisia, a region of that country * Arbaa Sahel, a town in Morocco * Khemis Sahel, a town in Morocco * Maten al-Sahel, a village in Syria * Oulad Hriz Sahel, a town in Morocco * Sahel Borj, a village in Iran * Sahel Oulad H'Riz, a town in Morocco * Sahel Region, of Burkina Faso * Sahel River, a river in Algeria * Sahel Selim, a city in Egypt * Northern coast of Egypt (or simply ''El Sahel''), Egypt * UAE Sports * Sahel SC (Kuwait), a Kuwaiti football club * Sahel SC, a Nigerien football club * Sahel FC, a Cameroonian football club * Étoile du Sahel, a Tunisian sports club * Shabab Al-Sahel, a Lebanese football club * Al-Sahel FC, a Saudi football club * Al-Sahel SC, a Syrian football club Other uses * Omran Sahel, an Iranian company * Voix du Sahel, a national radio station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahel
The Sahel (; ar, ساحل ' , "coast, shore") is a region in North Africa. It is defined as the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south. Having a hot semi-arid climate, it stretches across the south-central latitudes of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Sahel part of Africa includes – from west to east – parts of northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, the extreme south of Algeria, Niger, the extreme north of Nigeria, Cameroon and Central African Republic, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Historically, the western part of the Sahel was sometimes known as the Sudan region (''bilād as-sūdān'' "lands of the Sudan"). This belt was located between the Sahara and the coastal areas of West Africa. There are frequent shortages of food and water due to the dry h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
