Tiguidit

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Prehistoric rock paintings on the Tiguidit step

Tiguidit is a stepped terrain on the southern edge of the Aïr Mountains in Niger . Alternative spellings are Tegidit , Teguidit , Tigidit , Tiguedi and Tiguidi .

In the Tuareg language , the name is also used figuratively for "south" as a direction and location. The terrain level begins southeast of the Ingall oasis and runs in a sickle shape over a length of over 200 kilometers to the west. It reaches the municipality of Aderbissinat , loses altitude and disappears under the sand of the Ténéré desert . Geological forms Tiguidit the boundary between the Irhazer Group and the Tegama group of Cretaceous Formation in Iullemmeden Basin and also provides a regional watershed is as scenic striking. Sandstone - Escarpment is Tiguidit the natural northern boundary of the Reserve Reserve Total de Faune de Tadrès . At its foot lies the village of Marandet , near which there is an important dinosaur cemetery. The terrain level is rich in paleontological sites. In addition to dinosaur cemeteries, there are also petrified forests and prehistoric rock paintings. On 18 October 1899, the French overcame Mission Foureau-Lamy in its Sahara , the road ratio -Durchquerung. In 1998 Tiguidit hosted the first edition of the Festival International de la Mode en Afrique .

Web links

Commons : Tiguidit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Ritter: Dictionary on the language and culture of the Twareg . Volume I. Twareg - French - German. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05886-5 , pp. 814 .
  2. ↑ RTJ Moody: The Iullemmeden Basin . In: RC Selley (Ed.): African Basins (=  Sedimentary Basins of the World ). Vol. 3. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1997, ISBN 0-444-82571-1 , pp. 93 .
  3. ↑ Jörg Völkel: Geomorphological and pedological studies on the young Quaternary climate change in the dune areas of East Niger: South Sahara and Sahel (=  Bonner geographical treatises . Issue 79). Dümmler, Bonn 1989, p. 67 .
  4. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 157 .
  5. ↑ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Niger . Petit Futé, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 164 .
  6. ↑ Fernand Foureau : Documents scientifiques de la mission saharienne. Mission Foureau-Lamy d'Alger au Congo par le Tchad . Atlas (cartographer: Verlet-Hanus). Masson, Paris 1905 ( jubilotheque.upmc.fr [accessed May 6, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Jolijn Geels: Niger . Bradt, Chalfont St Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-152-8 , p. 78 .

Coordinates: 16 ° 26 ′ 10 ″  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 25 ″  E