Aïn Salah

Aïn Salah is an oasis in the Tidikelt, south of the stony Tademaït plateau. Its palm gardens and fortified settlements depend on water drawn from underground, in a region surrounded by gravel plains and dunes. Foggaras carry water through gently sloping galleries to channels that divide it among the gardens. The oasis belongs to a chain of settlements bordering the Tademaït, alongside the Touat and Gourara to the west and north.