Chott Ech Chergui ( Arabic : شط الشرقي ) is a large endorheic salt lake in Saïda Province , northwestern Algeria . It is located at 34°21′N 0°30′E / 34.35°N 0.5°E / 34.35; 0.5 in the level terrain of the Hautes Plaines region between the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas and is one of the largest lakes in Algeria.
4-425: The Chott Ech Chergui has an area of about 2000 km where water collects during the wet season, forming a number of large shallow salt lakes which become salt flats as they dry. The lake area has a length of about 160 km from ENE to WSW and lies at an average elevation of 1000 m. Chott Ech Chergui has been designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance . The Ramsar site has an area of 8555 km and
8-572: Is the natural environment for a number of threatened and vulnerable animal and plant species. This article about a location in Sidi Bel Abbès Province is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ramsar wetland of international importance Ramsar sites are protected under by the Ramsar Convention , an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands , recognizing
12-624: The convention text. The Ramsar List organizes the Ramsar sites according to the contracting party that designated each to the list. Contracting parties are grouped into six "regions": Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania. As of October 2024 , 171 states have acceded to the convention and designated 2,521 sites to the list, covering 257,317,367 hectares (635,845,060 acres); one other state has acceded to
16-554: The fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic , cultural , scientific , and recreational value. The convention establishes that "wetlands should be selected for the list on account of their international significance in terms of ecology , botany , zoology , limnology or hydrology ." Over the years, the Conference of the Contracting Parties has adopted more specific criteria interpreting
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