Tademait Plateau

The Tademaït plateau stretches across the central Algerian Sahara between the oases of El Goléa and Aïn Salah. This immense hamada presents a surface of bare rock and dark stones, with eroded edges falling towards the surrounding depressions. On its southern side lies the Tidikelt, where the gardens of Aïn Salah depend on underground water. The stark plateau separates these cultivated islands from the oasis country farther north.