Tagant plateau

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The Tagant Plateau is a stony plateau in Mauritania . The plateau is part of the Sahara . The Mauritanian administrative district of Tagant is named after the Tagant Plateau.

geography

Tagant County in central Mauritania.

The Tagan Plateau is located in Mauritania and forms a western branch of the Sahara. The plateau is bounded by the surrounding slopes.

nature

The Tagant Plateau is very poor in vegetation. The landscape is characterized by desert sand, dunes and rocks.

Cities and settlements

There are several cities and settlements on the plateau and at the foot of the Tagant-Plateus:

Individual evidence

  1. Current representation of the Sahara desert for travel and vacation in Africa. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
  2. ^ Rainer Oßwald: The development of the Arab-Moorish culture of Šinqīṭ, Wādān, Tīšīt and Walāta (=  Marburg studies on Africa and Asia . Volume 39 ). S. 355 .
  3. Tagant Plateau - WOW.com. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 29, 2017 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wow.com