Adrar

Adrar lies among the oases of the Touat, a chain of palm groves on the western side of the Tademaït plateau. The gardens draw water from underground galleries known as foggaras, which carry groundwater by a gentle slope to the cultivated plots. The oasis settlements stood along routes crossing the Sahara, linking the Maghreb with lands farther south. Their earthen villages and date groves formed islands of cultivation in a vast desert.