The area of Tinghir includes various villages along an oasis extending for 30 km along the Wadi Todgha. The palm groves (date palm Phoenix dactylifera) and the farmland are irrigated by a system of canals and pipes. Wadi Togdha originates in the High Atlas seen in the background.

Keywords

crop, cultural landscape, fluvial processes, hot deserts, mountainscape, oasis, townscape, Zonobiome III

Created

Tuesday 30 March 2004 by Martin Mergili in Africa and Macaronesia / Morocco (5250 visits)