Sahel Corridor

The Hamada of the Draa is a vast stony plateau in the western Sahara, extending across the country north and west of Tindouf. Its bare surface is broken by dry valleys and escarpments, with the Draa valley lying beyond its northwestern edge. Rain is infrequent, and exposed rock and gravel replace the great seas of dunes found elsewhere in the Sahara. The plateau stretches for hundreds of kilometres across the desert.