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Sahel

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005602

A dryland belt that stretches across Africa and is the transition zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical forests to the south.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005602
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
SynonymsSahelian zone
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSemiarid zones; Cabo Verde; Burkina Faso; Chad; Sudan; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sub-Saharan Africa; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal
TranslationsSpanish: Sahel
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005602",
  "term": "Sahel",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A dryland belt that stretches across Africa and is the transition zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical forests to the south.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Sahelian zone"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "semiarid zones",
    "Cabo Verde",
    "Burkina Faso",
    "Chad",
    "Sudan",
    "Gambia",
    "Guinea-Bissau",
    "Sub-Saharan Africa",
    "Mali",
    "Mauritania",
    "Niger",
    "Senegal"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "Sahel"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/sahel/"
}

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