Sahel

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian savannas in the south.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Sahel':

  • "W" National Park of Niger
  • Air and Ténéré The Aïr constitutes a Sahelian enclave surrounded by a Saharian desert (AB ev)
  • Cliff of Bandiagara
  • Djenné
  • Djoudj "semi-arid Sahelian climate" (unep)
  • Island of Saint-Louis "Part of the Sahel, a transitional desertic band that separates ?[?] the dunes of the Sahara from the baobabs of the savanna?, [1] Saint-Louis? landscape is characterized by occasional acacias and is disturbed by sand storms during the dry season." Wiki
  • Koutammakou
  • Ruins of Loropéni
  • Saloum Delta
  • Timbuktu
  • Tomb of Askia