Ténéré
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The Ténéré is a desert region in south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger to western Chad, occupying an area of over 400,000 square kilometres. It is
A dune sea (Erg) between Fachi and Bilma.
Arakao
Fragment of Ténéré's dune seas seen from space
Azalai salt caravan from Agadez to Bilma in 1985
Azalai
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The Azalai is a semi-annual salt caravan route practiced by Tuareg traders in the Sahara desert between Timbuktu and the Taoudenni salt mine in Mali, or the act of traveling with a caravan along that
Slabs of salt from the mines of Taoudenni stacked on the quayside at the port of Mopti (Mali)
Rock salt at the market in Mopti. It is sold here in slabs, broken and weighed, and packaged into smaller amounts.
beza (front) and kantu salt in Fachi