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The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât (Arabic: قلب الريشات, romanized: Qalb ar-Rīšāt, Hassaniyya: [galb er.riːʃaːt] ⓘ), is a prominent circular geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.
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The concentric Guelb er Richat is a prominent feature of the north-central region. Kediet ej Jill , near the city of Zouîrât , has an elevation of 915 metres (3,000 ft) and is the highest peak. The plateaus gradually descend toward the northeast to the barren El Djouf , or "Empty Quarter," a vast region of large sand dunes that merges into ...
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The Adrar is an arid plateau, known for its gorges, regs (stony deserts) and sand dunes.Structurally the Adrar is a low central massif which rises to over 700 m (2,297 ft) above sea level just east of Atar near the Amojjar Pass on the track to Chinguetti, then loses elevation and becomes subsumed by dunes to the south and east.
Map showing the location of Zouérat on the Mauritania Railway. Zouérat is connected to the port of Nouadhibou by the Mauritania Railway. Freight trains that transport the iron ore to the coast can be as long as 2.5 km (1.6 mi) in length. [3] The line is also used to bring in all the town's drinking water from Boulenoir.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. of Canada produced its first copper in concentrate from the Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in July 2006; commercial production began in October 2006. the guelb Moghrein Mine is located in the inchiri region near the town of akjoujt about 250 kilometers (km) northeast of nouakchott. the mine was expected to reach its designed capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year ...
Shigar District (Urdu: ضلع شِگر) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is home to the world's second highest peak, K2, also known as Chhogori and Mount Godwin-Austen.