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El Djouf
Desert in Mauritania and Mali / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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El Djouf
الجوف | |
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Country | Mauritania and Mali |
Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
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A meteorite of a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite was found in El Djouf in October 1989.[2]