Chott El Gharsah

Chott el Gharsah is a salt depression in southwestern Tunisia, close to the Algerian frontier and north of Chott el Djerid. Its shallow, intermittent lake gives way to exposed saline ground as water evaporates. Oases lie near the margins of these desert basins, where palm groves and cultivated land depend on water in a dry climate. The vast flats form part of the landscape of the Tunisian Djerid.