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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005602 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment |
| Synonyms | Sahelian zone |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Semiarid zones; Cabo Verde; Burkina Faso; Chad; Sudan; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Sub-Saharan Africa; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal |
| Translations | Spanish: 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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