eau douce à 1mm

Le voyage en véhicule isolé est déconseillé

-Michelin Map 953 Afrique Nord et Ouest

We had set off from Niamey near dark and arrived in Tahoua a few hours before dawn. From there forward to Agadez it was open desert on a piste partiellement améliorée. The map showed the points d’eau and their sondages along the way: Kissmane eau à 80m, Al Mota eau à 60m, Ameloulou bonne eau à 30m. Thank God we were not passing Assamakka eau sulfureuse or Tegguidda-a-Tessoum eau saline or Agadem eau médiocre or Agaraktem eau saumâtre. Even luckier not to pass the Arbre du Ténéré eau très mauvaise. The tree is marked on the map as a monument, the only growing thing for hundreds of miles in all directions in the middle of Ténéré Desert. It was knocked down by a lorry driver some years ago and has been replaced by a man-made monument, something of a coat rack for a giant’s burnous.