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Algerian Desert

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are among the hottest places in the Sahara. Annual average rainfall is well above 100 mm (3.9 in) in the northernmost part but the center and the southern part receive much less than 50 mm (2.0 in).
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In the north, the grass of the steppe slowly becomes rarer while the species change until it makes way for the reg. The erg, the sandy desert, covers only a fifth of the Sahara. The
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in the far south. The Algerian Desert is characterized by low rainfall, recording less than 100 mm per year. However, it rarely snows and floods, sometimes reviving the
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valley cut into a plateau. The northern Algerian Desert contains several oases, as opposed to the southern Algerian Desert, that is dominated by the
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which extends under a large part of the Algerian Desert, a remnant of the steppe climate that the region experienced 10,000 years ago.
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as a stony desert, gradually changing into a sand dune desert inland. The plateau of the
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The Sahara covers over 90% of Algerian territory. It is crossed by
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massif at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. Vast monotonous
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is located in the southeast, and its outstanding collection of
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connect the large geographical areas of the Sahara.
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Index



Algeria
Arid desert

El Bayadh Province

Arabic
romanized
desert
North Africa
Algeria
Sahara
Saharan Atlas
Tassili n'Ajjer
prehistoric rock art
UNESCO
World Heritage List
Ouargla
Adrar
In Salah
ergs
regs
massifs
wadis
Albian Aquifer
Grand Erg Oriental
Wadi Righ
Saoura valley
Grand Erg Occidental

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