Sahel

Connected Sites: 16

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

Connected Sites

  • Timbuktu
    Timbuktu
    Mali
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
  • Air and Téneré
    Air and Téneré
    Niger
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.14
    2
    1
    The Aïr constitutes a Sahelian enclave surrounded by a Saharian desert (AB ev)
  • Island of Saint-Louis
    Island of Saint-Louis
    Senegal
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.07
    45
    2
    "Part of the Sahel, a transitional desertic band that separates "[...] the dunes of the Sahara from the baobabs of the savanna",[7] Saint-Louis' landscape is characterized by occasional acacias and is disturbed by sand storms during the dry season" (wiki)
  • Cidade Velha
    Cidade Velha
    Cabo Verde
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.92
    52
    3
    "Cape Verde is part of the Sahelian semi-arid belt, with nothing like the rainfall levels of nearby West Africa." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    "The biogeographical province of the Western Sahel in which Banc d • Arguin is located" (AB ev)
  • Saloum Delta
    Saloum Delta
    Senegal
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.86
    38
    4
    " in a Sahelian subtropical environment" (OUV)
  • Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape
    Cameroon
    Inscribed: 2025
    0
    0
    "(...) the Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains provides a unique testimony to cultural and technical knowledge and know-how, combining monumental dry-stone architecture and a socio-political and religious organisation adapted to the challenges of a difficult mountain environment, climate change in the Sudano-Sahel area, and regional insecurity." (Ab Ev)
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.94
    13
    4
  • Tomb of Askia
    Tomb of Askia
    Mali
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.22
    6
    1
  • The Royal Court of Tiébélé
    The Royal Court of Tiébélé
    Burkina Faso
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.32
    7
    2
  • Ruins of Loropéni
    Ruins of Loropéni
    Burkina Faso
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.06
    6
    2
  • Koutammakou
    Koutammakou
    Benin, Togo
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.87
    23
    3
  • Djoudj
    Djoudj
    Senegal
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.92
    31
    4
    "semi-arid Sahelian climate" (unep)
  • Cliff of Bandiagara
    Cliff of Bandiagara
    Mali
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.46
    31
    2
  • Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites
    Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites
    Burkina Faso
    Inscribed: 2019
    1.95
    3
    1
  • Djenné
    Djenné
    Mali
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.66
    33
    2