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Water used to settle the  processed Phosphate
A test pit for phosphate near Tozeur. This near the western edge of the Phosphate basin
Sunset at Jerid Chott. Jerid Chott is a salt basin where in the winter, springs deposit a  thin layer of water. In the Summer, the evaporation rates are higher revealing a thin layer of salt.

Sunset at Jerid Chott
One mode of transportation near Matmata
A troglodyte village near Matmata.

An olive oil press and our leader Hedi within a Troglodyte Village
Inside one of the houses in the troglodyte village
One of the numerous typical dams used to collect water in the desert that irrigate the olive, date and fig trees

Is it a slump or faulted down-dropped block in Cretaceous Strata near Matmata?		    
     

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