Tagant Plateau
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The Tagant Plateau lies in eastern Mauritania, forming a stony part of the Sahara Desert. Some towns such as Tichit, Moudjéria and Rachid, lie at the foot of its slopes – cliffs in some places – while Tidjikdja lies on the Tagant itself. The plateau is also known for its desert crocodiles but the population seems to have been last seen in 1996.[1]
The Tagant region is named for the plateau.
[edit] Reference
- ^ de Smet, Klaas (January 1998). "Status of the Nile crocodile in the Sahara desert". Hydrobiologia (SpringerLink) 391 (1-3): 81–86. doi:10.1023/A:1003592123079. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j2t203v572628126/. Retrieved 7 June 2010. "Another relict population [of Nile crocodiles], in the Tagant hills of Mauretania, was found to be probably extinct in 1996."
Coordinates: 18°28′09″N 11°03′08″W / 18.4692°N 11.0522°W
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