Taoudenni
The Taoudeni Basin is a major Sedimentary basin in West Africa, named after the Taoudenni village in northern Mali. It covers large parts of the West African craton in Mauritania and Mali.- Type: Locality with 3,020 residents
- Description: Basin in western Africa
- Also known as: “Taodéni”, “Taoudéni”, “Taoudeni basin”, “Taoudeni Basin”, and “Taudeni”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taoudeni;Taoudenni.
Taoudeni;Taoudenni
Village
Taoudenni is a remote salt mining center in the desert region of northern Mali, 664 km north of Timbuktu. It is the capital of Taoudénit Region. The salt is dug by hand from the bed of an ancient salt lake, cut into slabs, and transported either by truck or by camel to Timbuktu.
Taoudenni
- Category: sedimentary basin
- Location: Taoudénit, Mali, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Taoudenni” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ታዑደንኒ”
- Arabic: “تاودني”
- Arabic: “تودني”
- Arabic: “تودنّي”
- Arabic: “تَوْدِنّي”
- Arabic: “حوض تودني”
- Azerbaijani: “Taoudenni”
- Bambara: “Tawudeni”
- Bengali: “তাউডেন্নি”
- Chinese: “陶代尼盆地”
- Chinese: “陶德尼盆地”
- Dutch: “Taoudenni bekken”
- Dutch: “Taoudenni-bekken”
- Esperanto: “Taŭdenio”
- French: “bassin de Taoudeni”
- French: “Bassin de Taoudeni”
- French: “Taoudeni”
- French: “Taoudénit”
- German: “Taoudenni-Becken”
- German: “Taoudenni”
- Greek: “Λεκάνη Ταουντένι”
- Hausa: “Taoudenni”
- Hindi: “ताउडेन्नी”
- Indonesian: “Taoudenni”
- Italian: “Bacino di Taoudeni”
- Italian: “Bacino di Taudenni”
- Japanese: “タウデニ”
- Javanese: “Taoudenni”
- Kazakh: “Таудени”
- Kirghiz: “Таудени”
- Lithuanian: “Taudenis”
- Malay: “Taoudenni”
- Oromo: “Taoudenni”
- Panjabi: “ਤਾਉਡੇਨੀ”
- Persian: “تاودنی”
- Polish: “Synekliza Taudeni”
- Portuguese: “Taoudenni”
- Pushto: “تاودني”
- Russian: “Таоденни”
- Russian: “Таудени”
- Somali: “Taoudenni”
- Spanish: “Cuenca de Taoudeni”
- Spanish: “Taoudeni”
- Swahili: “Taoudenni”
- Tajik: “Таудени”
- Tatar: “Таудени”
- Turkish: “Taoudenni”
- Urdu: “تاؤڈنی”
- Uzbek: “Taoudenni”
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