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Aoukar Depression

Tichit Department, Mauritania

Aoukar or Erg Aoukar is a geological depression area of south eastern Mauritania. It is located between Kiffa and Néma, south of the Tagant Plateau. The region is also referred to as Hodh or El Hodh (lit. 'the Basin'). The Aoukar basin is a dry natural region of sand dunes and salt pans fringed by escarpments on its northern and eastern sides.

NatureReserve data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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