Kneiss

Kneiss (Arabic) tsibiri ne na ƙananan tsibirai a cikin Tekun Gabes, wanda ke da nisan kilomita daga Tunisiya, kimanin kilomita 50 a kudancin Sfax . Sunayensu sun fito ne daga jam'i na kalmar Knissa ([Kirista] "coci" a cikin Larabci na Tunisiya) kamar yadda tsibirin tsakiya har yanzu yana ɗauke da ragowar archaeological wanda ya dace da Cenae, gidan ibada inda Fulgentius na Ruspe ya koma a kusa da shekaru 503 zuwa 505 AD, . Yanayin ƙasa A cikin karni na 21, tsibirai huɗu na Kneiss suna fitowa a cikin wani yanki mai tsawo na 15km a kan faɗin 10km: Babban tsibirin 2.5km diamita kusan siffar zagaye yana cikin Arewa maso Gabas kuma ana kiransa Dzirat el Bessila. Sauran 3 tsibirai ne a kan kudu maso kudu maso yamma: Dzirat el Hajar "tsibiran dutse" da yawa Arewa, Dzirat el Laboua "tsibirin laka" a tsakiya kuma Dzirat el Gharbia"tsiburin Yamma" mafi yawa Kudu maso Yamma. An ambaci kasancewar akalla tsibirin "ba da mazauna ba" a cikin Girkanci Periplus na Pseudo-Scylax . A cikin Tsakiyar Tsakiya, a kan sigogi na Portolan na Catalan, kamar na Gabriel de Vallseca, abin da ke yau tsibirai 3 sun bayyana a matsayin tsibiri guda ɗaya kuma ana kiran Kneiss Frixols. Ana kiran tsibirai gaba ɗaya a kan taswirar Larabci kamar Surkenis watau "bango-na-Kneiss" saboda jerin tsibirai tare da laka da ke kewaye da su sun zama "bango" ga raƙuman ruwa mafi girma kuma suna kare bay zuwa Yamma. Muhalli Babban faɗin laka (ha 14,500) da ruwa mai zurfi muhimmin wurin zama ne na tsuntsaye kuma ana kiyaye su a ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyar Ramsar. Tsibirin da ke bakin teku, tare da laka mai laushi, bakin teku da wuraren da ke kusa da shi, an sanya su a matsayin Muhimmin Yankin Tsuntsaye (IBA) ta BirdLife International saboda suna tallafawa yawan tsuntsayen ruwa masu hunturu da mazauna masu wucewa. Manazarta