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Where is the western Sudan located in relation to the Sahara Desert and the Guinea Coast forests?
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Western Africa
The countries of western Africa.
The western Sudan is a vast region of open savanna plains located in Africa that serves as a transitional zone between two major environments.1
Geographically, it is situated south of the Sahara desert and extends northward from the equatorial rain forests of western Africa, which include the Guinea Coast forests. The region acts as a bridge between the arid, semidesert conditions of the Sahara to the north and the dense, humid forests of the Guinea Coast to the south.1