Jarīd, Shaṭṭ al- (Tunisia)
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found: Work cat.: Battesti, V. Jardins au désert : évolution des pratiques et savoirs oasiens : Jérid tunisien, 2005:p. 17 (The Jérid is a rather narrow region, an isthmus wedged between two salty depressions, the chott el-Gharsa and especially the chott el-Jérid.)
found: GEOnet, Feb. 2, 2007 (Jarīd, Shaṭṭ al-, sabkha, 33⁰42ʹ00ʺN 008⁰26ʹ04ʺE, Tunisia, variants: Jerid, Chott el, Djerid, Chott el, Djerid, Chott)
found: Britannica micro. (Jarīd, Shaṭṭ Al-, also spelled Chott Djerid, large saline lake in southwestern Tunisia. The lake is covered with water only in the lowest areas, except after periods of heavy rains.)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, Nov. 12, 2006(Chott el Djerid is a large endorheic salt lake in southern Tunisia, at 33.7 degrees N 8.4344444 degrees E. It is the largest salt pan of the Sahara with a surface area of over 7,000 sq. km.)
found: Sunnyway-tunisia WWW site, Nov. 12, 2006(Chott el Jerid is a dried-up lake, 250 km long and 20 km wide. The surface of the Chott is composed of myriad salt crystals which have formed a sufficiently resistant and thick layer resting on a layer of clayey mud or waterlogged sand.)
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