Great Eastern Erg

The Grand Eastern Erg is a desert area of the North-East of the the Sahara ranging between the Tunisia and the Algérie.

It extends on a Superficie from 190.000 km ² and represents a Quadrilatère of 500 kilometers out of 300. It is composed with the two-thirds of Dune S of Sable of which highest can reach 250 meters height. It is separated from the Grand Western Erg, 2 times smaller, by vast a plate stony.

Its limits are:

in the east, mounts of Dahar (Tunisia) and the Hamada El Homr (Libya)
in the south, the hamada of Tinrhert (Algeria)
in the west, the plate of Tademaït (Algeria)
in north, the Chott el-Jérid (Tunisia)

The Great Eastern Erg is strewn with Oasis within its septentrional limits. In Tunisia, the largest oases are Douz, Tozeur and Nefta, in Algeria El-Wadi and Touggourt. Traversed a long time by Caravan S, its main activity is the Tourisme Saharan, more particularly active in Tunisia. Ksar Ghilane is the southernmost oasis.

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