Sebkhat Zehrez Chergui

Zehrez Chergui is the eastern of two great salt depressions on the high steppe between the Tell and Saharan Atlas. With no outlet to the sea, it holds a shifting patchwork of shallow lakes, pools and saline ground. Water collects after rain and retreats as the heat returns, while shrubs and steppe plants grow around the wetter margins. The neighbouring western basin, Zehrez Gharbi, lies across the open plateau.