El Djouf

El Djouf
الجوف
Map of the topographic features of the Sahara
Map of the topographic features of the Sahara
CountryMauritania and Mali
Elevation
320 m (1,050 ft)
A part of El Djouf region viewed from space during the Apollo 9 mission. To the right are rock outcrops in western Mali, and to the left are dunes in eastern Mauritania.

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]

  1. ^ El-Djouf - Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ El Djouf 001, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Meteoritical Bulletin Database

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