Sahara And Sahel Map

On average it is 187 mi (300 km) wide. The name of the sahara desert has been derived from the arabic word ‘sahra’ which means ‘desert.’ In 2016 they had another go and on the itm website you can view a pretty big scan ( left) of either side.

The sahara is bordered in the west by the atlantic ocean, in the north by the atlas mountains and mediterranean sea, in the east by the red sea, and in the south by the sahel—a semiarid region that forms a transitional zone between the sahara to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south. See more ideas about africa map, sahara, africa. The sahara desert covers vast parts of 11 north african nations including algeria, egypt, mali, morocco, western sahara, tunisia, chad, libya, mauritania, niger, and sudan within its boundaries.

The sahel stretches across north africa from the atlantic ocean to sudan.

The sahel is a semiarid transitional zone between the southern edge of the sahara desert and the humid savannah zone of africa. Sahara desert map physical features physiography The sahel stretches across north africa from the atlantic ocean to sudan. Department of political and peacebuilding affairs.