Sahel

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The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.

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AI-generated illustration of Sahel

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Sahel (The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more humid savannas to the south, spanning several countries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
approximateWidth several hundred kilometers ⓘ
associatedInitiative Great Green Wall ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfallRange about 150–600 millimeters ⓘ
borders Sahara Desert ⓘ
Sudanian savanna ⓘ
climateType semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
description transition zone between the Sahara Desert and the Sudanian savannas ⓘ
dominantLandUse pastoralism ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
dominantVegetation grassland ⓘ
shrubland ⓘ
economicActivity livestock herding ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
environmentalIssue land degradation ⓘ
loss of vegetation cover ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
extendsFrom Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
extendsTo Red Sea ⓘ
governanceChallenge armed conflict ⓘ
weak state presence ⓘ
historicalEmpire Kanem-Bornu Empire ⓘ
linked to: Bornu Empire

Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
historicalRole trans-Saharan trade corridor ⓘ
knownFor desertification risk ⓘ
food insecurity crises ⓘ
recurrent droughts ⓘ
languageDiversity Arabic ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Songhai languages ⓘ
linked to: Songhay languages
locatedIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
majorRiver Niger River ⓘ
Senegal River ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
partOf African drylands ⓘ
populationTrend rapid population growth ⓘ
typicalRainfallPattern long dry season ⓘ
short rainy season ⓘ

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Referenced by (505)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → locatedIn → Sahel ⓘ
Tebu → culturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Tuareg → region → Sahel ⓘ
Khartoum → locatedNear → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Hausa → region → Sahel ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → geographicRange → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Fulani → region → Sahel ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → region → Sahel ⓘ
Sahara Desert → borderedBy → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
French Armed Forces → hasOverseasPresenceIn → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
West Africa → borders → Sahel ⓘ
West Africa → hasSubregion → Sahel ⓘ
Mauritania → partOf → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Islamic world → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Operation Serval → region → Sahel ⓘ
Eritrea → includesRegion → Sahel region of Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Benue River → region → Sahel ⓘ
Chad → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Chad → partOf → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Niger → locatedIn → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Niger → hasRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Maliki school → mainRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Songhay languages → region → Western Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → hasJurisdictionOver → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnRegion → Central Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
CEN-SAD → focusRegion → Sahel ⓘ
Senegal → region → Sahel ⓘ
Aquila fasciata → nativeRange → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Blue People → associatedWithEnvironment → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Blue Men of the Sahara → environment → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Mali → partOf → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Mali → climateRegion → Sahel ⓘ
EUTM Mali → regionServed → Sahel ⓘ
Imajaghan → hasCulturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Toubou → culturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → locatedIn → northern Chad ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
Kanuri → culturalArea → Sahel ⓘ
Tuareg rebellions in Niger → location → Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel