Chott Ech Chergui
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Chott Ech Chergui (Arabic: شط الشيرجوي) is a large endorheic salt lake in northwestern Algeria, located at in the Saharan Atlas.
Lake has an area of about 2000 km² and is one of the largest lakes in Algeria, ramsar site has area of 8555 km².
Chott Ech Chergui is designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance.
[edit] External links
- (English) Ramsar Convention website
- (French) Direction Générale des Forêts