page_title: El Djouf
hierarchical_section_title: El Djouf
caption_attribution_description: Map showing major Dune seas (ergs) and Mountain ranges of the Sahara. Red dashed line shows approximate limit of the Sahara. National borders in grey. Dune seas in yellow. Derived from Blank map Image:Africa_topography_map_with_borders.png. Data taken from http://www.sahara-overland.com image of Michlein Map and Geology.com's Sahara Desert Map.
context_page_description: El Djouf is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern Mauritania and part of northwestern Mali. El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert in the north.
  A meteorite of a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite was found in El Djouf in October 1989.
context_section_description: El Djouf (Arabic: الجوف‎) is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern Mauritania and part of northwestern Mali. El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert in the north.
  A meteorite of a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite was found in El Djouf in October 1989.
caption: Map of the topographic features of the Sahara
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