The described banded vegetation pattern was observed on aerial photographs of the Northern part of Sokoto province in Northern Nigeria. The orientation of the bands (about NNW-SSE) is perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction (ENE-WSW) during
the period of formation of the former dunes. The genesis of this pattern of regional scale appears to be quite different from local scale banded patterns known in dry zones in Africa and Asia and described as Brousse tigrée, being moving vegetation arcs