Sahel
Sahel ( Arabic ساحل "Coast" or "Shore of the desert") stands for:
- the transition from desert / semi-desert to dry savannah ; so a Sahel is a thorn bush savannah
- Sahel zone , the fringe zone of the Sahara that runs from West to Central to East Africa
- Sahel (Tunisia) , the eastern coastal zone of Tunisia from Hammamet to Mahdia
- Sahel (Burkina Faso) , a region of the State of Burkina Faso
- Saaxil / Sahil, a region in Somalia / Somaliland
- Sahel (wind) , a desert wind
- Sahel (Eritrea) , a former province in northern Eritrea
Sahel is a family name of
- Sachin Sahel (* 1985), Canadian actor
See also:
Wiktionary: Sahel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
