Ténéré desert
The Ténéré (Tuareg: Tenere, literally: "desert") is a desert region in south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger to western Chad, occupying an area of over . It is bounded by the Aïr Mountains in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains in the east, and the basin of Lake Chad in the south. The central part of the desert contains the Erg of Bilma, an area of sand dunes. The Neolithic Tenerian culture was centred on the region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ténéré
- Settlement.native_name
- Tiniri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Desert
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fachi-Bilma-Dünen.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A dune sea (Erg) between Fachi and Bilma.
- Settlement.image_map
- Tenere Air park map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of the Ténéré - Aïr Natural Reserve area.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Countries
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Niger and Chad
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 400000
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 430
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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The Ténéré (Tuareg: Tenere, literally: "desert") is a desert region in south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger to western Chad, occupying an area of over . It is bounded by the Aïr Mountains in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains in the east, and the basin of Lake Chad in the south. The central part of the desert contains the Erg of Bilma, an area of sand dunes. The Neolithic Tenerian culture was centred on the region.
==Name== The name Ténéré comes from the Tuareg language, meaning "desert", in much the same way as the Arabic word for "desert", Sahara, came to be applied to the region as a whole.