Béchar

Béchar lies beside the wadi of the same name, between rocky heights and the oases of the northwestern Sahara. Its old ksar was a fortified earthen settlement near gardens and palm groves watered from the valley. The wadi descends from the hills to the northeast and continues towards the Hamada of the Guir. Like other villages of the Saoura country, Béchar combined a compact settlement with cultivated ground along a desert watercourse.