Chott Ech Chergui

Chott Ech Chergui occupies an enclosed depression between the Tell and Saharan Atlas. Winter water spreads across shallow salt basins, leaving pale flats as it evaporates. Near Aïn Skhouna, warm springs feed a wet tamarisk forest that shelters marbled teal and ferruginous ducks; the surrounding high plains support steppe vegetation beyond the bare sebkhas.