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Chott el Djerid (شط الجريد) also spelled Sciott Gerid and Shott el Jerid, is a chott, a large endorheic salt lake in southern Tunisia.[1]

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  1. 46 relations: Athena, Chott, Chott el Fejej, Desert climate, Djerid, Douz, East, Endorheic basin, Ethane, Evaporation, Fata Morgana (mirage), Flamingo, Flood, France, Frank Heller, French protectorate of Tunisia, Fresh water, Gafsa oases, Grand Erg Oriental, Herodotus, Invasion of the Sea, Irrigation, Jules Verne, Karl May, Kebili, Lake Tritonis, Liquid, List of Greek mythological figures, Mediterranean Sea, Methane, PLOS One, Ramsar Convention, Sahara, Sahara Sea, Salt lake, Salt pan (geology), Saturn, Solar irradiance, Star Wars, Temperature, Titan (moon), Tozeur, Tributary, Tunisia, West African crocodile, Winter.

  2. Endorheic lakes of Africa
  3. Kebili Governorate
  4. Lakes of Tunisia
  5. Ramsar sites in Tunisia
  6. Salt flats

Athena

Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

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Chott

In geology, a chott, shott, or shatt (lit) is a salt lake in Africa's Maghreb that stays dry for much of the year but receives some water in the winter. Chott el Djerid and chott are salt flats.

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Chott el Fejej

Chott el Fejej, also known as Chott el Fedjedj and Chott el Fejaj, is a long, narrow inlet of the endorheic salt lake Chott el Djerid in southern Tunisia. Chott el Djerid and Chott el Fejej are endorheic lakes of Africa, Kebili Governorate and lakes of Tunisia.

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Desert climate

The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.

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Djerid

el-Djerid, also al-Jarīd, (الجريد; Derja: Jrīd) or more precisely the South Western Tunisia Region is a semi-desert natural region comprising three southern Tunisian Governorates, Gafsa, Kebili and Tozeur with adjacent parts of Algeria and Libya.

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Douz

Douz (دوز) is a town in the Kebili Governorate in the south of Tunisia, known as the "gateway to the Sahara." By road it is located southwest of Blidet, southeast of Tozeur, and south of the Tunisian capital of Tunis.

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East

East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass.

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Endorheic basin

An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.

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Ethane

Ethane is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula.

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Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.

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Fata Morgana (mirage)

A label is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon.

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Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Frank Heller

Frank Heller was the pen name of the Swedish writer Gunnar Serner (20 July 1886 - 14 October 1947), (aged 61).

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French protectorate of Tunisia

The French protectorate of Tunisia (Protectorat français de Tunisie; الحماية الفرنسية في تونس), officially the Regency of Tunis (Régence de Tunis) and commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was established in 1881, during the French colonial empire era, and lasted until Tunisian independence in 1956.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

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Gafsa oases

Gafsa Oases (واحة قفصة, Oasis de Gafsa) are date palm oases at Gafsa in southwestern Tunisia, near the northern edge of the Sahara Desert.

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Grand Erg Oriental

The Grand Erg Oriental (English: 'Great Eastern Sand Sea') is a large erg or "field of sand dunes" in the Sahara Desert.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος||; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

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Invasion of the Sea

Invasion of the Sea (L'Invasion de la mer) is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Karl May

Karl Friedrich May (25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author.

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Kebili

Kebili is a town in the south of Tunisia and one of the main cities in the Nefzaoua region.

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Lake Tritonis

Lake Tritonis (Τριτωνίδα λίμνην) was a large body of fresh water in northern Africa that was described in many ancient texts. Chott el Djerid and Lake Tritonis are lakes of Tunisia.

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Liquid

A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a nearly constant volume independent of pressure.

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List of Greek mythological figures

The following is a list of gods, goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms).

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PLOS One

PLOS One (stylized PLOS ONE, and formerly PLoS ONE) is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) since 2006.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).

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Sahara

The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.

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Sahara Sea

The Sahara Sea was the name of a hypothetical macro-engineering project which proposed flooding endorheic basins in the Sahara with waters from the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea.

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Salt lake

A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre).

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Salt pan (geology)

Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun. Chott el Djerid and salt pan (geology) are salt flats.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

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Solar irradiance

Solar irradiance is the power per unit area (surface power density) received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of the measuring instrument.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.

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Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.

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Titan (moon)

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the Solar System.

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Tozeur

Tozeur (Tūzir; Tuzər) is a city in southwest Tunisia.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.

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West African crocodile

The West African crocodile, desert crocodile, or sacred crocodile (Crocodylus suchus) is a species of crocodile related to, and often confused with, the larger and more aggressive Nile crocodile (C. niloticus).

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Winter

Winter is the coldest and darkest season of the year in polar and temperate climates.

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See also

Endorheic lakes of Africa

Kebili Governorate

Lakes of Tunisia

Ramsar sites in Tunisia

Salt flats

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chott_el_Djerid

Also known as Chort el-Djend, Chott Djerid, Chott Jerid, Chott el Jerid, Chott el-Djerid, Chott el-Jerid, Shatt al Jarid, Shatt al-Jarid, Shott el Jerid.