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Great Green Wall a multinational African initiative to fight desertification and land degradation by modification of land use, water harvesting, and the planting and maintenance of trees primarily along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, a belt of land that stretches across the width of the continent. [1/2 definitions]
khamsin a hot south wind from the Sahara that blows in Egypt in the spring, sometimes bringing sand with it.
Mauritania a West African country on the Atlantic coast between Western Sahara and Senegal; Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Sahara Desert a vast and very dry region of North Africa extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile River. The Sahara desert is hot and sandy, and it is the largest desert of this type in the world.
Sahel the vast semi-desert region that lies along the southern edge of the Sahara desert in North Africa (usu. prec. by "the").
simoom a hot turbulent wind carrying much sand, in the Arabian and Sahara deserts.
sub-Saharan of or indicating that area of Africa that lies south of the Sahara.
Sudan a region of North Africa south of the Sahara, extending across the continent. [1/2 definitions]