Question

What is the Sahel?


A.
an African territory that is of historical importance


B.
a landform found only in Africa, it is a cross between a mountain and a plateau


C.
a climatic event with high winds and heavy rains


D.
a wide area of dry land located along the southern edge of the Sahara

Answer 1

@lilshane

Answer 2

The Sahel (pronounced as "suh-Hail" or "suh-Heel") is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the southernmost extent of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Arabic word sāḥil (ساحل) literally means "shore, coast", describing the appearance of the vegetation found in the Sahel as being akin to that of a coastline delimiting the sand of the Sahara.

Answer 3

The Sahel is the eco-climatic and bio-geographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the southernmost extent of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Arabic word sāḥil (ساحل) literally means "shore, coast", describing the appearance of the vegetation found in the Sahel as being akin to that of a coastline delimiting the sand of the Sahara.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahel

Answer 4

The Sahel covers parts of (from west to east) Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, extreme south of Algeria, Niger, extreme north of Nigeria, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, northern South Sudan and northern Eritrea.

Answer 5

We used the same source. XD

Answer 6

lol

Answer 7

Wikipedia is bae

Answer 8

BUT Bae = Danish for poop. Wikipedia > bae (i.e. better than bae). :P LOL

Answer 9

so what the answer @BlossomCake

Answer 10

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Answer 11

@BlossomCake

Answer 12

Oh, did you read what we said?

Answer 13

said

Answer 14

yea

Answer 15

@BlossomCake

Answer 16

So, which answer do you think it is?

Answer 17

b

Answer 18

I found some more information:

The Sahel spans 5,400 km (3,360 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, in a belt that varies from several hundred to a thousand kilometers (620 miles) in width, covering an area of 3,053,200 square kilometers (1,178,850 sq mi). It is a transitional eco-region of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrublands lying between the wooded Sudanian savanna to the south and the Sahara to the north.

The topography of the Sahel is mainly flat, and the region mostly lies between 200 and 400 meters (660 and 1,310 ft) in elevation. Several isolated plateaus and mountain ranges rise from the Sahel, but are designated as separate eco-regions because their flora and fauna are distinct from the surrounding lowlands. Annual rainfall varies from around 100 mm (4 in)-200 mm (8 in), in the north of the Sahel, to around 600 mm (24 in) in the south.