Birthmark Shape and Location Meanings. Birthmarks, which are simply colored spots on skin, have long been suspected of having a meaning. Different cultures have different beliefs based on folklore and superstition. Folklore suggests that what a woman was experiencing during pregnancy is imprinted on the child in the form of a birthmark.
The Sahel (/sÉËhÉl/) is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara Desert to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the south-central latitudes of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea.
Mauritania is located in Africa at the intersection of North Africa (the Maghrib ) and West Africa. The country is roughly one and a half times the size of Texas. Its area is 398,069 square miles (1,031,000 square kilometers). About two-thirds is desert, with an occasional oasis.