Where and what is the african transitional zone?

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Where and what is the african transitional zone?


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<p><i>Answer by critters</i><br/>African Transitional Zone — Sahel to Horn of Africa


Sahel Africa is a wide stretch of land running from the Atlantic ocean to the African "Horn", an area that contains the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. The name Sahel accurately describes where this area is located because it is an Arabic word for "border" or "margin". The southern border of the region is the Sahara Desert (Sahara being an Arabic word for "desert"). It is a transition zone between the arid Sahara to the north and the wetter more tropical area to the south. The areas primarily affected are: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, and the "Horn."

- roughly between 5 - 15 degrees north

Here is a map so that you can see the countries and where the zone is.
http://www.rebirth.co.za/images/Map_of_Africa.jpg</p>
<p><strong>Corn drying, Burkina Faso</strong>
<img alt="Burkina Faso" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6218/6220115924_b49b7878dc.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
<i>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8278288@N02/6220115924">CIDSE - together for global justice</a></i>
Ears of corn drying in the sun.
LOCATION: Dori, Burkina Faso
DATE: October 2007
PHOTOGRAPHER: Javier Mármol
ORGANIZATION: Manos Unidas


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