Dades Valley
The Dades Valley (or the Dades Gorge , also French Gorges du Dadès ; Arabic وادي دادس, DMG Wādī Dādis ) is located in the Moroccan province of Tinghir in the Atlas Mountains . The Oued Dades has focused on the way from the main ridge of the High Atlas cut in places deep in the mountain ranges of the southern slopes to the south, but also allows for long stretches on the valley floor space for a number of villages.
The Gorges du Dadès is the name given to the section between the village of M'semrir in the north and the oasis town of Boumalne Dadès , 40 kilometers further south , where the course of the river leaves the mountains and reaches the highlands between the High Atlas and the Djebel Sarhro mountain range .
The Dades valley between these places is opened up for regional traffic by the regional road R704, which, depending on the topographical conditions, either leads through the valley floor or bypasses the impassable gorges more or less widely over the valley slopes. The road section is around 62 kilometers long.
Wherever the valley floor of the Dades widens, it provides the basis of life for a number of villages that use its water to cultivate green river oases in an otherwise rather desert region that is in close proximity to the Sahara .
Berbers once built many castles ( kasbahs ) in the area to defend themselves against enemies. The area is an attraction for tourism, especially because of the ruins that remain .
More pictures
Dades Valley, view of the Atlas
Serpentines of the R704 at Timzzillite
a body of water of the valley
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ R704 in the Dadestal on Google maps
Coordinates: 31 ° 33 ′ N , 5 ° 55 ′ W