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Alternatively known as Plateau de Kitan, Plateau de Kitane

The timezone in El Kettane is Africa/Nouakchott
Morning Sunrise at 07:07 and Evening Sunset at 18:15. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 16.7317°, Longitude. -10.6097°

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Geographic features & Photographs around El Kettâne in Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania

well a cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface.

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

pass a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

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dam a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.

marsh(es) a wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation.

depression(s) a low area surrounded by higher land and usually characterized by interior drainage.

wadi a valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East.

mesa(s) a flat-topped, isolated elevation with steep slopes on all sides, less extensive than a plateau.

hills rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

spring(s) a place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground.

locality a minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries.

oasis(-es) an area in a desert made productive by the availability of water.

intermittent pond A pond which only forms when conditions are wet enough.

gorge(s) a short, narrow, steep-sided section of a stream valley.

plateau an elevated plain with steep slopes on one or more sides, and often with incised streams.

intermittent lake A lake which may dry up in the dry season.

ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.

butte(s) a small, isolated, usually flat-topped hill with steep sides.


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Kiffa(KFA), Kiffa, Mauritania (133.3km)
Aioun el atrouss(IEO), Aioun el atrouss, Mauritania (159.8km)