Agdez

Agdez lies in the Drâa valley south of the High Atlas, where the river enters a chain of cultivated oases. Palm groves and fortified settlements line the valley amid the dry mountains and desert. The Drâa was also a corridor for caravans travelling from West Africa toward the Atlas passes and Marrakech. Its oases supported communities along a route between the Sahara and the country beyond the mountains.