El Djouf
El Djouf الجوف | |
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Desert | |
Map of the topographic features of the Sahara | |
Country | Mauritania and Mali |
Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
El Djouf (Arabic: الجوف) is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern Mauritania and part of northwestern Mali.[1] El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert in the north. El Djouf is 320 meters (1,050 feet) above sea level.
A meteorite of a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite was found in El Djouf in October 1989.[2]
Geographic features
The El Djouf consists in a typical African type of broad shallow sedimentary basin, separated by divides formed by fault blocks, plateaus and mountain ranges, where rock waste eroded from higher surfaces has been deposited at the base.
Other significant basins of this type are those of Lake Chad and the Victoria - Kyoga lake basin, as well as the Congo and Zambezi rivers.[3]
See also
References
External links
- El Djouf 001 in the World Meteorite Catalogue Database
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- Major plates: African Plate
- Minor plates: Somali Plate
- Microplates: Lwandle Plate
- Madagascar Plate
- Rovuma Plate
- Seychelles Plate
- Victoria Microplate
- Aswa Dislocation
- Broodkop Shear Zone
- Central African Shear Zone
- Chuan Shear Zones
- Foumban Shear Zone
- Kandi Fault Zone
- Mwembeshi Shear Zone
- Todi Shear Zone
- Western Meseta Shear Zone
- Afar Triangle
- Anza trough
- Bahr el Arab rift
- Benue Trough
- Blue Nile rift
- East African Rift
- Gulf of Suez Rift
- Lamu Embayment
- Melut Basin
- Muglad Basin
- Red Sea Rift
- Sangha Aulacogen
- Atbara rift
- Urema Valley
- West and Central African Rift System
- White Nile rift
- Angola Basin
- Aoukar
- Blue Nile Basin
- Chad Basin
- Congo Basin
- Douala Basin
- El Djouf
- Karoo Basin
- Gabon Basin
- Iullemmeden Basin
- Kufra Basin
- Murzuq Basin
- Niger Delta Basin
- Ogaden Basin
- Orange River Basin
- Ouled Abdoun Basin
- Owambo Basin
- Reggane Basin
- Rio del Rey Basin
- Sirte Basin
- Somali Coastal Basin
- Taoudeni Basin
- Tanzania Coastal Basin
- Tindouf Basin
- Turkana Basin
- Aïr Mountains
- Atlas Mountains
- Aurès Mountains
- Bambouk Mountains
- Blue Mountains
- Cameroon line
- Central Pangean Mountains
- Chaillu Mountains
- Drakensberg
- Eastern Arc Mountains
- Eastern Rift mountains
- Ethiopian Highlands
- Great Escarpment
- Great Karas Mountains
- Guinea Highlands
- Hoggar Mountains
- Imatong Mountains
- Jebel Uweinat
- Loma Mountains
- Mandara Mountains
- Marrah Mountains
- Mitumba Mountains
- Nuba Mountains
- Rif Mountains
- Rwenzori Mountains
- Sankwala Mountains
- Serra da Leba
- Serra da Chela
- Teffedest Mountains
- Tibesti Mountains
21°30′N 6°40′W / 21.500°N 6.667°W / 21.500; -6.667
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