Tafkin Sidi Mohamed Benali

Tafkin Sidi Mohamed Benali tafki ne da ke yammacin Aljeriya, a cikin Sidi Bel Abbès, musamman a kan ƙasashen garin Ain Thrid, kimanin kilomita 1.7 daga garin Sidi Bel Abbés kuma kusa da babbar Hanyar Gabas da Yamma. Tafkin ya rufe yanki sama da hekta 35, an kewaye shi da tsire-tsire masu furanni daban-daban, kuma yana ba da wurin zama na halitta ga nau'in tsuntsayen ruwa 26, kifi, da dabbobin daji daban-daban. Tafkin an yi shi ne gaba ɗaya, an halicce shi a cikin shekarun 1940, kuma ana ciyar da shi ta hanyar kwararar Kogin Sig da Sarno Valley. An gina shi ne don gudanar da ambaliyar ruwa na Kogin Mekerra, don haka rage haɗarin ambaliyar da ta yi amfani da ita don yin barazana ga birnin Sidi Bel Abbès. Tafkin yana zaune ne a cikin wani kwandon halitta wanda aka sassaka a cikin ƙasa mai laushi, wanda aka rufe shi da madatsar ruwa. Gidan tafkin yana hana ruwa ya zubo saboda zubar da turɓaya, kuma zurfin zurfinsa ya kai kusan mita 30. Binciken da aka yi kwanan nan (2022) a tafkin ya nuna cewa hauhawar yanayin zafi yana shafar jerin abinci a cikin tafkin ta hanyar rage yawan zooplankton. Dubi kuma Chott Tinsilt Dhaya Sabkha Zamoul Dajin Ben Aknoun Dajin Bachdjerrah Manazarta