Djurab Desert
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Djurab | |
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Length | 500 km (310 mi) |
Width | 500 km (310 mi) |
Area | 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) |
Geology | |
Age | 7 Ma |
Geography | |
Country | Chad |
Coordinates | 17°N 18°E / 17°N 18°E |
The Djurab Desert (Djourab, جراب) is a desert in northern Chad.[1][2][3] Part of the greater Sahara desert, it makes up much of the area of Chad's Borkou region.
The Koro Toro settlement and maximum security prison is situated on the eastern boundary of the desert. The closest major settlements are Salal to the south and Faya-Largeau to the northeast. To the west is the Ténéré desert (the Erg of Bilma) of western Chad and Niger, to the north are the Tibesti Mountains of the central Sahara.
Aeolian deflation in the northern subbasin formed the desert with an arid conditions.[4] Desert reached through Sahara and reduced Lake Chad.[4]
Many fossils have been found in this desert, Kossom Bougoudi and Toros-Menalla being among the most bountiful fossil-bearing areas.[5] A team led by Michel Brunet, from the University of Poitiers, excavated in the Djurab desert during the mid-1990s.[6][7]
In 2001, the type fossil of
References
- ISBN 9780385512268.
- ^ a b Sarmiento et al. 2007, p. 30.
- ^ Henke & Tattersall 2007, p. 537.
- ^ a b c Henke & Tattersall 2007, p. 350.
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- ^ National Geographic News. Archived from the originalon March 16, 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Miller, André (10 October 2002). "Toumai - of the Djurab desert of northern Chad". Université de Montréal. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Sarmiento et al. 2007, p. 29.
Bibliography
- Henke, Winfried; ISBN 9783540324744.
- Sarmiento, Esteban E.; Sawyer, Gary J.; Milner, Richard; Deak, Viktor (2007). "We Were Not Alone". In Tattersall, Ian (ed.). The Last Human: A Guide to Twenty-two Species of Extinct Humans. ISBN 9780300100471.