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in 1976. The population was reported to be extinct in 1996, but as of 2011 was still present, particularly in the
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Another relict population , in the Tagant hills of Mauretania, was found to be probably extinct in 1996.
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de Smet, Klaas (January 1998). "Status of the Nile crocodile in the Sahara desert".
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region moved in and displaced the native population of the Tagant Plateau, the
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Some towns are located at the foot of the Tagant Plateau's slopes, which form
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have been identified, is a southward prolongation of the Tagant Plateau. The
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Desert Frontier: Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel.
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Index

Landscape of the Tagant region in Djouk
Location of the Tagant plateau in Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania
Sahara Desert
Tagant Region
cliffs
Tichit
Moudjéria
Rachid
Tidjikdja
Assaba Massif
Late Ordovician
glacial formations
Aoukar
Adrar Plateau
Toucouleur people
Futa Toro
Senegal river
oasis
wetlands
desert crocodiles
Lake Gabou
Dhar Tichitt
Geography of Mauritania
Tichit - The living ghost of yesterday's glory
doi
10.1023/A:1003592123079
1.3 Mauritania - Ramsar Sites Information Service
18°28′09″N 11°03′08″W / 18.4692°N 11.0522°W / 18.4692; -11.0522

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