Schott Melghir
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| Geographical location | In the south of the Atlas Mountains | |
| Tributaries | Wadi Djedi | |
| Location close to the shore | Biskra , El Oued and Touggourt | |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 15 ′ N , 6 ° 16 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | -40 m | |
| surface | 6th 700 km² | |
| Catchment area | 68,750 km² | |
The Schott Melghir ( Arabic شط ملغيغ), also Chott Melrhir , is a lake that regularly dries up except for small pools, a bulkhead , in north-east Algeria and, when the water level is high, in small parts in mid-west Tunisia . At -40 m, it is the deepest depression in Algeria.
It is located south of the Atlas Mountains in the Sahara lowlands and is mainly fed by the Wadi Djedi . Its largest extension area forms an alluvial sedimentary basin , which connects to the Sahara table country in the south .
To the west of it lies the Rir Valley . It is located 103 km southeast of the town of Biskra and 129 km northeast of Touggourt .
literature
- Paul Vageler: On the soil geography of Algiers . Gotha (Hermann Haack) 1955
Web links
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