Chott Ech Chergui
Endorheic salt lake in Algeria
34°21′N 0°30′E / 34.35°N 0.5°E / 34.35; 0.5 Ramsar Wetland
Chott Ech Chergui (Arabic: شط الشرقي) is a large endorheic salt lake in Saïda Province, northwestern Algeria.[2] It is located at 34°21′N 0°30′E / 34.35°N 0.5°E / 34.35; 0.5 in the level terrain of the Hautes Plaines region between the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas and is one of the largest lakes in Algeria.
Ecology
The Chott Ech Chergui has an area of about 2000 km2 where water collects during the wet season, forming a number of large shallow salt lakes which become salt flats as they dry. The lake area has a length of about 160 km from ENE to WSW and lies at an average elevation of 1000 m.[3]
Chott Ech Chergui has been designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance. The Ramsar site has an area of 8555 km2 and is the natural environment for a number of threatened and vulnerable animal and plant species.[4]
See also
Wetlands portal
- Geography of Algeria
- Hautes Plaines
References
- ^ "Chott Ech Chergui". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Chott ech Chergui - Wilaya de Saida
- ^ "Magdi Masgidi & Shafi Noor Islam, Wetlands Management in Algeria: A Case Study on Chott Ech Chergui." (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- ^ Wetlands of International Importance: Algeria, Chott Ech Chergui
External links
- (in English) Ramsar Convention website
- (in French) Direction Générale des Forêts
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