Tibesti Mountains

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mountain range shield volcano town volcanic field volcanic massif

The Tibesti Mountains are a remote volcanic mountain range in the central Sahara, spanning northern Chad and southern Libya and known for their high peaks, rugged terrain, and association with the Tebu people.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Emi Koussi 0
Bardaï 0
Tarso Toussidé 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
shield volcano ⓘ
town ⓘ
volcanic field ⓘ
volcanic massif ⓘ
borderRegionOf Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
climate hyper-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
drainagePattern internal drainage ⓘ
elevation approximately 3415 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup Toubou people ⓘ
surface form: Tebu people
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasFeature deep canyons ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
volcanic craters ⓘ
hasPeak Emi Koussi ⓘ
Kegueur Terbi ⓘ
Tarso Toussidé ⓘ
hasResource groundwater ⓘ
oases ⓘ
hasRiver wadi ⓘ
hasSettlement Bardaï ⓘ
highestElevation approximately 3415 m ⓘ
highestPoint Emi Koussi ⓘ
inhabitedBy Toubou people ⓘ
surface form: Tebu people
knownFor high peaks ⓘ
remoteness ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
volcanic landforms ⓘ
languageSpoken Tebu languages ⓘ
locatedIn Tibesti Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
central Sahara ⓘ
northern Chad ⓘ
southern Libya ⓘ
partOf Sahara Desert ⓘ
region Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti ⓘ
surface form: Borkou region

Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti ⓘ
surface form: Tibesti Region
strategicImportance remote border area ⓘ
terrain mountainous desert ⓘ
usedFor pastoralism ⓘ
volcanismType intraplate volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → contains → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → contains → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibesti region
Central Sahara → contains → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Emi Koussi → isHighestVolcanoOf → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Emi Koussi → isPartOf → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibesti volcanic province
Tibesti Mountains → locatedIn → Tibesti Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bardaï
Tibesti Mountains → locatedIn → Tibesti Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emi Koussi
Emi Koussi → locatedIn → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains → locatedIn → Tibesti Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tarso Toussidé
2011 Libyan Civil War → location → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nafusa Mountains
Emi Koussi → mountainRange → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → namedAfter → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibesti
Teda → primaryRegion → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Daza → region → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Tebu → region → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Toubou → region → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Kel Ajjer → relatedGroup → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kel Ahaggar
Emi Koussi → relativeLocation → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Tibesti Mountains
Teda → traditionalTerritory → Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibesti region