Mauritania is a land of desert and ocean. It is of course no wonder that the main attractions for most tourists are the desert in Adrar and Tagant areas, and the ocean in Banc d'Arguin. Nouakchott Nouadhibou Banc d'Arguin National Park ChinguettiSahel...
To the north lie the vast and empty wastes of the Sahara, the formidable barrier which all Europe’s summer migrants have to cross before coming to the safe haven of West Africa, where a rich landscape awaits those birds that survive the desert crossing, while to the south lie the ...
Sahel, semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to Sudan. It forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south. Learn more about the Sahel here.
With only 30 villas featuring private pools spread through lush savannah, Al Sahel is one of the best Abu Dhabi luxury hotels that invites you to lose yourself to nature’s beauty. Wake up to the sight of wild gazelle. Embark on desert drives in a wildlife sanctuary. Explore the flavours ...
INTERACTIVE MAP: Drag the slider back and forth to see the incredible impact of flooding on the Niger River from January 2020 to September 2020. Satellite Imagery: Maxar USAID's Response to Sahel Flooding Population: 544,000 Made up of nine inhabited islands. Approximately half of the country'...
Figure 1 (a) Map of study area (Map data: Google, Maxar Technologies) under a schematic map of Africa above the equator. The base map was generated using the ggplot2 package in R74, under a GPL-2 license. Aerial collection sites are shown in yellow with distance between them (the smal...
In this work, we aimed to overcome a generalized knowledge gap concerning the LC heterogeneity of arid regions, using the largest warm desert in the world as a study case. We intended to generate a 30x30m land cover map for the Wet Sahara-Sahel and compare the results with currently ...
However, at long time scales associated with land use change, the albedo impact might be significantly more important if pronounced grass–desert conversion or soil degradation occurs. The surface cooling and weakened surface wind speed associated with positive NDVI anomalies are confirmed with station ...
In desert: Population and community development and structure drought and desertification In climate: Climate and changes in the albedo of the surface In climate: Biosphere controls on surface friction and localized winds feature of Mali In Mali: Climate Mauritania In Mauritania: Plant and animal life...
Although the overall canopy cover is low, the relatively high density of isolated trees challenges prevailing narratives about dryland desertification5,6,7, and even the desert shows a surprisingly high tree density. Our assessment suggests a way to monitor trees outside of forests globally, and ...