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Erg Chech topographic map
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Erg Chech
It is an almost uninhabited part of the greater Sahara Desert, an inhospitable desert region with long, extremely hot summers and short, very warm winters. The Erg Chech is a vast sandy expanse including compound and complex linear and star dunes. The mean elevation of the Erg Chech is just above 300 m, slightly lower than the neighboring Erg Iguidi stretching to the north. The barren plain of the Tanezrouft is located to the southeast.
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Name: Erg Chech topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Erg Chech, Algeria (22.27448 -8.12346 29.36728 -0.26509)
Average elevation: 335 m
Minimum elevation: 121 m
Maximum elevation: 869 m
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