Tademaït is a
natural region
A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate.
From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora an ...
in the
Sahara Desert
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right in the centre of
Algeria
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. It is located north of
In Salah and south of the
Grand Erg Occidental
The Grand Erg Occidental ( ar, العرق الغربي الكبير, al-ʿIrq al-Gharbī al-Kabīr), (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximatel ...
in the
Adrar District
Adrar District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. With a population of 88,266, it is the most populated district in the province.
Communes
The district is further divided into 3 communes
An intentional community is a voluntary reside ...
of
Adrar Province
Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار, ber, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ) is a province (''wilaya'') in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 424,948 km2, roughly the size of the US state ...
,
El Ménia District of
Ghardaïa Province
Ghardaïa ( ar, ولاية غرداية) is located in the north of the Algerian desert, and the headquarters of the state is the city of Ghardaia 600 km south of the capital Algiers, its total area is estimated at 24711 Km², its extensio ...
and the northern end of
Tamanrasset Province
Tamanrasset or Tamanghasset ( ar, ولاية تمنراست ''Wilāya Tamanrāssat'', Berber languages) is the largest province ('' wilaya'') in Algeria. It was named after its province seat, Tamanrasset. The province has two national parks, mor ...
. It is one of the places of the
Sahara Desert
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where the summer heat is most extreme.
Geography
The Tademaït is a rocky plateau made up of
cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
terrain with a general slope towards the northeast. It is an extremely dry and hyper-arid area with a
hot desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...
(
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
''BWh'') as the region is virtually rainless throughout the year and it has long, extremely hot summers and short, very warm winters .
A
meteorite
A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object ...
was found in Tademaït in November 2002.
See also
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Geography of Algeria
Algeria comprises square kilometers of land, more than 80% of which is desert, in North Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia. It is the largest country in Africa. Its Arabic name, Al Jazair (the islands), is believed to derive from the roc ...
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Tuat
Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara.
Geography
Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, to ...
References
External links
Tademait_Plateau:_A_regional_groundwater_recharge_area_in_the_centre_of_the_Algerian_Sahara.html" ;"title="groundwater recharge">Tademait Plateau: A regional groundwater recharge
area in the centre of the Algerian Sahara">groundwater recharge">Tademait Plateau: A regional groundwater recharge
area in the centre of the Algerian Sahara
Deserts of Algeria
Natural regions of Africa
Plateaus of Africa
Landforms of Algeria
Geography of Adrar Province
Geography of Ghardaïa Province
Geography of Tamanrasset Province{{Adrar-geo-stub