Shatt al Gharsah

Shatt al Gharsah, Chott el Gharsa is a sedimentary basin and also intermittent salt lake in , near the border with . It has width of 20 kilometres and length of 50 kilometres. At 17 metres below sea level it is at the lowest point of the country.
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  • Sabkha
  • …lies at an elevation of -21 metres (-69 feet)
  • Description: chott in Tunisia
  • Also known as
    “Chott el Rharsa”
    “Chott Rharsa”
    “Šaṭṭ al-Ġarsa”

Shatt al Gharsah

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Latitude
34.10531° or 34° 6′ 19″ north
Longitude
7.81412° or 7° 48′ 51″ east
Open location code
8F694R47+4J
Geo­Names ID
2470977
Wiki­data ID
Q590855

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Shatt al Gharsah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شط الغرسة”
  • Arabic: “شط الغَرْسَة”
  • Belarusian: “Шот-эль-Гарса”
  • Burmese: “ရှတ်အယ်ဂါဆက်”
  • Catalan: “Chott El Gharsa”
  • Cebuano: “Shaţţ al Gharsah”
  • Chuvash: “Шотт-эль-Гарса”
  • French: “Chott el-Gharsa”
  • German: “Chott el Gharsa”
  • Hausa: “Shatt al Gharsah”
  • Hebrew: “שט אל ג’רש”
  • Hindi: “शत्त अल ग़रसा”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shatt al Gharsah”
  • Polish: “Szatt al-Gharsa”
  • Russian: “Шотт-эль-Гарса”
  • Russian: “Эль-Гарса”
  • Somali: “Shatt al Gharsah”
  • Spanish: “Shatt al Gharsah”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Гарса”
  • Ukrainian: “Шотт-ель-Гарса”

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