Taghmert

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Taghmert
Satellite image of the circular mountains Taghmert (right) and Imaghlane (left)

Satellite image of the circular mountains Taghmert (right) and Imaghlane (left)

height 1637  m
location Agadez , Niger
Mountains Aïr
Coordinates 18 ° 56 '4 "  N , 9 ° 9' 23"  E Coordinates: 18 ° 56 '4 "  N , 9 ° 9' 23"  E
Taghmert (Niger)
Taghmert

The Taghmert (also Taghmeurt ) is a 1637  m high mountain in the Aïr high mountains in Niger .

geography

The Taghmert lies in the east of the Aïr. It belongs to the Iférouane department and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Aïr and Ténéré nature reserve . The mountain is located on the 19th parallel north . Imaghlane rises to the east of Taghmert and Takolokouzet to the southwest . The dry valley Zagado runs between Taghmert and Takolokouzet and absorbs the waters coming from the valleys of the surrounding mountains.

The Taghmert forms an approximately circular intrusion of peralkalin granite . It has a diameter of 25 kilometers and breaks through the large ring Dyke Meugueur-Meugueur. In the dry valleys in the Taghmert highlands, there is sparse vegetation that thrives on rocks. Typical woods are Acacia ehrenbergiana , Acacia laeta , Rhus tripartita and Ficus salificolia , typical herbs Solenostemma oleifolium , Lavandula stricta and Eremopogon foveolautus .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Réserves naturelles de l'Aïr et du Ténéré. Carte des limites de la reserve (en vert). UNESCO Center du patrimoine mondial, accessed December 5, 2013 .
  2. Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Niger . Petit Futé, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 188 .
  3. ^ Alan R. Wooley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 3: Africa . The Geological Society, London 2001, ISBN 1-86239-083-5 , pp. 224 .
  4. Franck Giazzi: Les conséquences of écoulements de surface et des processus éoliens sur la dynamique de l'environnement . In: Franck Giazzi (ed.): La Réserve Naturelle Nationale de l'Aïr et du Ténéré (Niger). The connaissance des éléments du milieu naturel et humain dans le cadre d'orientations pour un aménagement et une conservation durables. Analysis descriptive . Union Internationale pour la conservation de la nature et de ses ressources, Gland 1996, ISBN 2-8317-0249-6 , p. 423 .