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Bas Saharan Basin

The Bas Saharan Basin is an artesian aquifer system which covers most of the Algerian and Tunisian Sahara and extends to Libya, enclosing the whole of the Grand Erg Oriental.

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The Bas Saharan Basin (Arabic: حوض الصحراء) is an artesian aquifer system which covers most of the Algerian and Tunisian Sahara and extends to Libya, enclosing the whole of the Grand Erg Oriental.¹

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Eamonn Gearon (2011). The Sahara: A Cultural History. Andrews UK Limited. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-908493-17-0.