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رصفة الطيبة

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Rosf taiba

The place

رصفة الطيبة (Rasfat al-Tayba, "The Good One's Pavement") in eastern Morocco, Figuig/Aïn Chouater area (Morocco/Algeria border), at 945 m elevation, on the High Plateaus of the eastern Maghreb. COUNTRY ANOMALY: Morocco is missing from the database (to be added, already flagged in batch 229). A traditional stopover or Berber village on the historic trans-Saharan trails (the Sijilmassa-Ghadamès caravan route). A semi-arid zone with esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima), white wormwood, and Acacia raddiana.

The setting

Eastern Morocco, Figuig/Aïn Chouater, Morocco-Algeria border, 945 m, High Plateaus of the Maghreb; Sijilmassa-Ghadamès caravan route; esparto/wormwood/Acacia raddiana; ANOMALY: Morocco missing.