No there equally the same
erode means to wear away slowly
The Sahel is located in Africa. It is the region in Africa that transitions from the Sahara to the Sudanian Savanna. It stretches across in the region from the West of Africa to the East and includes parts of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, CAR, Cameroon, and Ethiopia.
I think it is false because when you got to the beach its sailt water under it but when you are in freash water is under the sand