Complex sentence: The Taoudeni Basin is a major geological formation in West Africa covering large parts of the West African craton in Mauritania and Mali, named after the Taoudenni village in northern Mali, of considerable interest due to its possible reserves of oil.
Split into simpler sentences: The Taoudeni Basin is a major geological formation in West Africa named after the Taoudenni village in northern Mali. It is of considerable interest due to its possible reserves of oil.