page_title: Ouled Abdoun Basin
hierarchical_section_title: Ouled Abdoun Basin
caption_attribution_description: English: General geographical map of Morocco showing the main phosphatic basins (Ganntour and Oulad Abdoun basins)
context_page_description: The Oulad Abdoun Basin is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga. It is the largest in Morocco, comprising 44% of Morocco's phosphate reserves, and at least 26.8 billion tons of phosphate. It is also known as an important site for vertebrate fossils, with deposits ranging from the Late Cretaceous to the Eocene epoch, a period of about 25 million years.
context_section_description: The Oulad Abdoun Basin (also known as the Ouled Abdoun Basin or Khouribga Basin) is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga. It is the largest in Morocco, comprising 44% of Morocco's phosphate reserves, and at least 26.8 billion tons of phosphate.   It is also known as an important site for vertebrate fossils, with deposits ranging from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) to the Eocene epoch (Ypresian), a period of about 25 million years.
caption: The Oulad Abdoun and other major phosphate basins (in yellow) of Morocco
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