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Chott el Djerid
Salt lake, endorheic basin in Tunisia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chott el Djerid (Arabic: شط الجريد Šoṭṭ el-Jarīd) also spelled Sciott Gerid and Shott el Jerid,[2][3][4][5] is a chott, a large endorheic salt lake in southern Tunisia. The name can be translated from the Arabic into English as "Lagoon of the Land of Palms".[6]
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![]() In summer Chott el Djerid is almost entirely dried up, as seen in this photo from May 2021. | |
Chott al-Djarid in Tunisia | |
Coordinates | 33.7°N 8.43°E / 33.7; 8.43 |
Type | Salt lake, endorheic basin |
Primary inflows | groundwater |
Primary outflows | terminal Evaporation |
Basin countries | Tunisia |
Max. length | 250 km (160 mi) |
Max. width | 20 km (12 mi) |
Surface area | 7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | +10–25 m (33–82 ft) |
Designated | 7 November 2007 |
Reference no. | 1699[1] |
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