Sahel–Central African forest transition zone

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The Sahel–Central African forest transition zone is an ecological belt in central Africa where the dry Sahelian savannas gradually give way to the dense tropical rainforests of the Congo Basin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecological transition zone ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sahel–Congo forest transition zone ⓘ
biodiversity mix of Sahelian, Sudanian, and Congolian species ⓘ
biome tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ⓘ
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ⓘ
borders Congolian rainforests ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest

Sahel ⓘ
Sudanian savanna ⓘ
linked to: Sudan savanna
characterizedBy gradual transition from dry savanna to dense tropical rainforest ⓘ
climate sub-humid tropical climate ⓘ
tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
ecologicalFunction buffer between arid Sahel and humid Congo Basin ⓘ
corridor for species movement between savanna and forest ⓘ
ecoregionType savanna-forest mosaic ⓘ
fireRegime frequent bush fires ⓘ
hydrology contains headwaters and tributaries of Congo Basin rivers ⓘ
includes seasonal streams and wetlands ⓘ
landUse extensive pastoralism ⓘ
rainfed agriculture ⓘ
latitudinalOrientation east–west belt across central Africa ⓘ
locatedIn central Africa ⓘ
linked to: Central Africa
northernLimit drier Sahelian and Sudanian savannas ⓘ
partOf Afrotropical realm ⓘ
linked to: Afrotropical
rainfallPattern strong north–south gradient in annual rainfall ⓘ
separates Congo Basin rainforest ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest

Sahel ⓘ
soilType generally nutrient-poor tropical soils ⓘ
southernLimit evergreen and semi-evergreen Congo Basin forests ⓘ
threat agricultural expansion ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
overgrazing ⓘ
vegetation forest islands ⓘ
gallery forests ⓘ
mixture of grasses and scattered trees ⓘ
wooded savanna ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Ubangi-Shari → geographicalRegion → Sahel–Central African forest transition zone ⓘ
subject linked to: Ubangi-Shari territory
Sahel–Central African forest transition zone → alsoKnownAs → Sahel–Congo forest transition zone ⓘ
linked to: Sahel–Central African forest transition zone