Talak

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Signpost in the Talak

The Talak (also: Talakh ) is a sandy desert in Niger .

The Talak plain, which belongs to the Sahara, extends over an area of ​​around 100,000 km². It is located in the Agadez region in the north of Niger and is bordered in the east by the Aïr high mountains . Dry valleys crisscross the area. The temporary rivers reach the Niger River via the Azawagh river system and the Dallol Bosso .

There are several dinosaur sites in the talak. Geographically, the area is assigned to the Visa . The clayey and fine sandy soil becomes very muddy in the rainy season. This explains the name of the desert , which comes from the Tuareg language : Talak means "clay".

From June to September nomadisieren members of the Tuareg faction Kel Tédélé in Talak. The Trans-Sahara Highway runs through the east of the desert in a north-south direction between Algiers and Lagos .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Talak. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . July 20, 1998, accessed June 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Aboubacar Adamou: Agadez et sa Région (=  Études Nigériennes . No. 44 ). Pr. De Copédith, Paris 1979, p. 10 .
  3. ^ Répartition des tribus de la Réserve pour chaque zone pastorale et en fonction des saisons . 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. 578 .

Coordinates: 18 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E