Tagant Plateau

Tagant Plateau
الهضبة تكانت
Natural region
Landscape of the Tagant region in Djouk
Landscape of the Tagant region in Djouk
Location of the Tagant plateau in Mauritania
Location of the Tagant plateau in Mauritania
CountryMauritania
Elevation400 m (1,300 ft)

The Tagant Plateau is located in eastern Mauritania, forming a stony part of the Sahara Desert. The Tagant Region, a national administrative division, is named after the plateau.

Geography

Some towns are located at the foot of the Tagant Plateau's slopes, which form cliffs in some places. Among these areas are Tichit, Moudjéria and Rachid. Tidjikdja lies on the Tagant itself. The Assaba Massif, where Late Ordovician glacial formations have been identified, is a southward prolongation of the Tagant plateau. The Aoukar, the dry basin of a former lake lies beyond of the southern escarpments of the Tagant Plateau.

History

Beginning in mid-17th century, migrants from the Adrar Plateau region moved in and displaced the native population of the Tagant Plateau.

The Tartega Gueltas oasis is one of the few wetlands in the region where there were still desert crocodiles in 1976, but the population seems to have been last seen in 1996.

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