The Kaouar (or Kawar) is a series of ten oases in the southern Sahara in northeast Niger, covering about 75 km (50 mi) from north to south, and 1–5 km...
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lies protected from the desert dunes under the Kaouar Cliffs and is the largest town along the Kaouar escarpment. It is known for its gardens, for salt...
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Further east of the Fezzan with its trade route through the valley of Kaouar to Lake Chad, Libya was impassable due to its lack of oases and fierce sandstorms...
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region to the natron salt pans along the string of oases formed by the Kaouar cliffs in north east Niger. Food and supplies were carried from Agadez each...
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trade routes; most of eastern and south-eastern Niger, including Bilma and Kaouar, was under Kanem's control in this period. Islam had been introduced to...
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Aïr Mountains rise up. To the southeast, the Ténéré is bordered by the Kaouar cliffs running 100 km north to south. At the base, lies a string of oases...
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season, some of these ponds almost dry up completely. From the cliffs, the Kaouar valley can be reached. There is a desert made of pebbles to the west. Beyond...
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ranged along the long southern border with Nigeria; the Lake Chad basin and Kaouar in the far east, populated by Kanuri farmers and Toubou pastoralists who...
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the oasis of Bilma, southernmost of a north–south string of oases of the Kaouar rise. The Erg covers an area of approximately 455,000 square kilometres...
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the same time. The Mada, however, have since largely emigrated to Borkou, Kaouar and Kanem. The early 17th century also saw the arrival of three clans from...
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of 2,215 people (2012). It is also a stopping point of the Agadez to the Kaouar caravans of the Azalay. Fachi is 160 kilometres (100 miles) west of Bilma...
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The abandoned Djado fort in Bilma, located on the Bornu-Kaouar-Fezzan-Tripoli trade route. The fort was under Kanem-Bornu during the reign of Mai Idris...
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Bunce company employee residing in Jade City (season 2–3; season 5). Karim Kaouar Professional pastry chef, Two Mile mine camp cook (season 5–6). Peter Niu...
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with settlements and trade routes clinging to the Air in the north, the Kaouar and shore of Lake Chad in the west, and (apart for a scattering of oases)...
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Trans-Saharan trade routes, the oasis towns of the Aïr and the eastern Kaouar Cliffs are known for their gardens, salt manufacture, and date cultivation...
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Department, Agadez Region of north-eastern Niger. It lies in the northern Kaouar escarpment, a north–south line of cliffs which form an isolated oasis in...
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Desert Niger Jadal Erg Brousset Ténéré Tafassasset Great Bilma Erg or 'Kaouar' (extends into Chad) Sudan Erg Selima Western Sahara Erg Azefal China Taklamakan...
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is a town in central eastern Niger, lying at the far northern tip of the Kaouar escarpment, an inhabited oasis in the midst of the Sahara Desert. It is...
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support crops, such as the southern portions of the Aïr Massif and the Kaouar oasis, rely upon oases and a slight increase in rainfall due to mountain...
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geographically located within the commune of Dirkou. Achénouma is located along the Kaouar escarpment, which is the location of multiple oases leading to an "island...
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support crops, such as the southern portions of the Aïr Massif and the Kaouar oasis rely upon oases and a slight increase in rainfall due to mountain...
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Tuareg around Gangara. From the date plantations and salt basins of the Kaouar, huge caravans transported good south to Zinder and Kano. After participating...
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populations, allowing for the extraction of salt from the Taoudenni and Kaouar mines. Paul left Niamey on 15 February 1910 to return to France. He then...
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Democratique Revolutionnaire rebel movement active in the southern part of the Kaouar region. Following the 1999 coup and return to civilian rule, Lamine became...
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Lhote, specifying that "the great naturalistic engravings of the Hoggar, Kaouar, Tibesti, that we tend to assimilate to the Bubaline period, are later although...
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