A gelta, a wadi pool with a rocky bottom in Iherir. Some are wide and deep, forming real little lakes teeming with fish, catfish and barbel; in 1934, a small crocodile was found in one of these waters, one of the last remnants of the green Sahara of prehistory. - Algeria - 1962

In the Sahara, water is more abundant than you think, but it is hidden, underground. In the valley of Iherir (Tassili N' Ajjer), however, it flows freely, bouncing off the rocks in waterfalls. Iherir is one of the areas of the Sahara where there is the most water. The rocky bottom prevents the precious wet from seeping into the ground. - Algeria - 1962

In the Sahara, water is more abundant than you think, but it is hidden, underground. In the valley of Iherir (Tassili N' Ajjer), however, it flows freely, bouncing off the rocks in waterfalls. Iherir is one of the areas of the Sahara where there is the most water. The rocky bottom prevents the precious wet from seeping into the ground. - Algeria - 1966

An oasis means above all water and palm trees (Phoenix dactylifera), a symphony of green and blue in counterpoint to the golden yellow of the dunes, but also the contrast of royal fertility, completely isolated in the midst of an extinguished drought. Like so many others, the palms of lherir, in the heart of the Tassili n' Ajjer, reflect the beauty of their finely chiselled fronds in the fertility of a still water which, in gratitude, they protect with their shade from evaporating too quickly. - Algeria - 1966

Maader de Dider on the way to the Iherir oasis. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

The wadi of Ihérir is an oasis inhabited since the Neolithic period, located in the Tassili n'Ajjer Cultural Park in southern Algeria. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 and a Human and Biosphere Reserve in 1986, Ihérir is the only real watering hole in this desert region. The Ihérir Valley is home to an exceptional landscape of wadis, gueltas and lush vegetation. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

The wadi of Ihérir is an oasis inhabited since the Neolithic period, located in the Tassili n'Ajjer Cultural Park in southern Algeria. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 and a Human and Biosphere Reserve in 1986, Ihérir is the only real watering hole in this desert region. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

The wadi of Ihérir is an oasis inhabited since the Neolithic period, located in the Tassili n'Ajjer Cultural Park in southern Algeria. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 and a Human and Biosphere Reserve in 1986, Ihérir is the only real watering hole in this desert region. The Ihérir Valley is home to an exceptional landscape of wadis, gueltas and lush vegetation. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

The wadi of Ihérir is an oasis inhabited since the Neolithic period, located in the Tassili n'Ajjer Cultural Park in southern Algeria. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 and a Human and Biosphere Reserve in 1986, Ihérir is the only real watering hole in this desert region. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

From Ihérir, the impressive Akba (pass) of Tin Teradjeli leads to the plain of Erg Admer. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

607 - Ihérir (in the locality of Ahréné, Tassili-n'Ajjer). – Large ox painted with patterns intended to represent the coat. A comparison should be made with the bovine engraved at Tin-Terhert (photos 578 and 579).

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