Tademait Plateau

Tademaït is a vast stony plateau in the central Sahara, north of the Tidikelt oases. Its flat surface, or hamada, is scattered with dark stones and has little vegetation; ravines cut into its edges. To the northwest lie the oases of Gourara and the dunes of the Great Western Erg. The plateau forms a rocky rim around part of the oasis country, a dry contrast to the palm groves below its slopes.