Sahel

"El Sahel o Sáhel (pronunciado con "h" gutural, normalmente "Sajel", de modo similar a "Sájara" para Sahara) es la zona ecoclimática y biogeográfica de transición entre el desierto del Sáhara en el norte y la sabana sudanesa en el sur. Se extiende a través del norte del continente africano entre el Océano Atlántico y el Mar Rojo. El término en árabe sil () significa, literalmente, "borde, costa", describiendo la aparición de la vegetación del Sahel como una línea costera que delimita el mar de arena del Sáhara. El Sahel cubre el territorio (yendo de oeste a este) del norte de Senegal, el sur de Mauritania, Malí, extremo sur de Argelia, Níger, Chad, sur de Sudán y Eritrea. Está delimitado en el norte por el Sáhara y en el sur por la menos árida sabana."

"The Sahel (/shl/) is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna (historically known as the Sudan region) to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the south-central latitudes of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea. The Arabic word sil () 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. The Sahel covers (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, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea, Cameroon, Central African Republic and extreme north of Ethiopia. Historically, the western part of the Sahel was sometimes known as the Sudan region. This belt was roughly located between the Sahara and the coastal areas of West Africa."