Northern Sahara

E400269

The Northern Sahara is the vast arid expanse forming the northern portion of the Sahara Desert, encompassing regions such as the M’zab in Algeria and characterized by rocky plateaus, sand seas, and oases.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
northern Sahara 5
Northern Sahara canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert region
region
biome desert biome
borderedBy Mediterranean Basin
Sahel
climate arid
hyper-arid
contains ergs
hamada
oases
reg
rocky plateaus
sand seas
country Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia
Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
ecoregionType desert
geologicalFeature ancient rock plateaus
sedimentary basins
hasConservationIssue desertification
water scarcity
hasFeature high temperature extremes
low annual rainfall
rock outcrops
sand dunes
sparse vegetation
wind erosion
hasHumanActivity oasis agriculture
pastoralism
trans-Saharan trade routes
hasNaturalResource fossil water
groundwater aquifers
hydrocarbons
phosphate deposits
hasPart M’Zab Valley
surface form: Mzab Valley

M’zab
inhabitedBy Berbers
surface form: Berber peoples

Berbers
surface form: Mozabites

Tuareg
locatedIn Africa
North Africa
northOf Sahel
partOf Sahara Desert
southOf Mediterranean Sea

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M’zab region of Algeria partOf Northern Sahara
subject surface form: M’zab region
Melika region Northern Sahara
this entity surface form: northern Sahara
El Atteuf region Northern Sahara
this entity surface form: northern Sahara
Berriane locatedIn Northern Sahara
this entity surface form: northern Sahara
M’Zab Valley region Northern Sahara
this entity surface form: northern Sahara
Guerrara nearbyRegion Northern Sahara
this entity surface form: northern Sahara