Borenta

Borenta lies in the dry country west of Gao and north of the Hombori hills. This part of the Sahel is a landscape of open plains, scattered vegetation and seasonal grazing. To the east the Niger bends through the region, supporting farming and fishing communities along its banks; farther south the sandstone heights of Hombori rise above the plain. Pastoralists have moved across the intervening country with their herds as water and pasture change with the seasons.