Sahara

Connected Sites: 15

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Connected Sites

  • Tassili n'Ajjer
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.62
    21
    2
    "with more than 15,000 drawings and engravings testifying to climate changes, wildlife migrations, and the evolution of humankind on the edge of the Sahara." (OUV)
  • Air and Téneré
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.14
    2
    1
    "The Aïr constitutes a Sahelian enclave surrounded by a Saharian desert" (OUV)
  • Gebel Barkal
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.13
    30
    4
    Lies in the Sahara desert ecoregion
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Timbuktu
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
    "its important role of commercial, spiritual and cultural centre on the southern trans-Saharan trading route" (OUV)
  • Meroe
    Meroe
    Sudan
    Inscribed: 2011
    4.04
    34
    4
    It lies in the savannah belt on the south side of the Sahara (AB)
  • Lakes of Ounianga
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.61
    6
    2
    eighteen ecologically, geologically and hydrologically interconnected lakes within the Sahara Desert (AB ev)
  • Wadi Al-Hitan
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.49
    51
    10
    Part of the Western Desert
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Tadrart Acacus
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.69
    6
    1
    "The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya, part of the Sahara." (wiki)
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    315
    12
    Part of the Western Desert
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Nubian Monuments
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.21
    205
    12
    Part of the Sahara desert ecoregion
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Inscribed: 1986
    3.49
    19
    1
    " the city has played an important role in the trans-Saharan trade network" (OUV)
  • Agadez
    Agadez
    Niger
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.96
    10
    2
    located on the south-eastern fringes of the Sahara desert (AB ev)
  • Ancient Ksour
    Ancient Ksour
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.05
    23
    3
    "the towns constitute a series of stages along the trans-Saharan trade route" (OUV)
  • Ennedi Massif
    Inscribed: 2016
    4.06
    6
    2
    The Ennedi mountains are one of the six major mountain massifs rising out of the Sahara Desert ...the massif has been dubbed the Garden of Eden of the Sahara (AB ev)
  • M'Zab Valley
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.46
    35
    5
    The M'Zab Valley is located within the limits of the Sahara desert, six hundred kilometers to the south of Algiers. (AB Ev)