Tislit Lake Explained

Lake Tislit
Location:Haut Atlas Oriental National Park, Morocco
Pushpin Map:Morocco
Lake Type:Meromictic lake
Basin Countries:Morocco
Area:1.3km2[1]
Depth:16m (52feet)
Elevation:2119m (6,952feet)

Lake Tislit is a lake located in Morocco's Haut Atlas Oriental National Park, in the administrative division of Imilchil. This is an "agdal" (which means "proprietary grazing field" in the Berber language) where the tribes of Ayt Ḥdiddu lead their flocks during the summer. The lake has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2005.[2]

Every year in September, a significant festival is held at the lake.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Evidence of Non-Impact Cratering Origin of Imilchil (Morocco) Lakes (Isli and Tislit) . Chaabout . S. . Chennaoui Aoudjehane . H. . Reimold . W. U. . Aboulahris . M.. Aoudjehane . M. . . Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V, Proceedings of the conference . 3074 . August 2013 . .
  2. Book: Kraus, Wolfgang . Die Ayt Ḥdiddu: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im zentralen Hohen Atlas: ein Beitrag zur Diskussion segmentärer Systeme in Marokko . 1991 . Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 978-3-7001-1877-0 . Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse . Wien.
  3. Web site: Tsafira . 2022-02-26 . Lakes Isli and Tislit in Morocco, what the legend says? . 2024-05-12 . Medium . en.