Sebkhat Imlili

Imlili _ Alevins du Tilapia apparenté à Coptedon guinenesis
Imlili _ Milan noir agonisant en bordure d'une poche d'eau
Imlili _ Poche d’eau montrant une forte cristallisation du sel
Imlili _ Poche d'eau limpide avec poissons
Imlili _ Poche d'eau sans poissons présentant un développement algual à la surface
Imlili _ Poches d'eau et substrat sableux autour
Imlili _ Végétation halophile mixte de bordure

Sebkhat Imlili

  • Country: 
    Morocco
  • Site number: 
    2323
  • Area: 
    1,774 ha
  • Designation date: 
    12-01-2018
  • Coordinates: 
    23°14'N 15°55'W
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Overview

The Site is a relic of an original Saharan aquatic system, which bears witness to the recent tropical past of the extreme south of Morocco. The sebkha (salt flat) is in an area of limited and irregular rainfall over ten kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean. In its northern part are more than 160 permanent water pockets. The water is salty or hypersaline, but the pockets are home to aquatic flora and fauna with origins in marine, stagnant freshwater and flowing freshwater environments. Notably, these include a locally endemic fish of the Cichlidae family, which is related to the Guinean tilapia Coptedon guineensis, and some rare plant species. About 50 species of birds visit the site more or less regularly, especially migrants attracted by its greenery and water-related features.

Administrative region: 
Région de Dakhla-Oued Eddahab

  • Last publication date: 
    01-02-2018

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