Talk:Geography of Western Sahara

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Some of this info was stolen from the CIA World Factbook directly, and i quote:

Maritime claims: contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue Climate: hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew Terrain: mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast Elevation extremes: lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m highest point: unnamed location 463 m Natural resources: phosphates, iron ore Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 19% forests and woodland: 0% other: 81% Irrigated land: NA km² Natural hazards: hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility Environment - current issues: sparse water and lack of arable land Environment - international agreements: party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

You can check here [1] How can Western Sahara contain no water? Even the map on the right-hand side of the page shows several small lakes and rivers. I'd like some cited sources for this article. Andrew Elgert 15:35, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No rain Western Sahara, of course, doesn't get much precipitation (although there are occasional flash floods.) There are two rivers of note which, themselves give the territory its traditional names: Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro. I can't really vouch for that map, but these are possibly seasonal bodies of water that dry up during the spring/summer. Consequently, there are no stable bodies of water of any size. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 19:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The lakes and river courses are dry most of the time. All water features on the map are marked as intermittent. Kmusser 14:28, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We probably could add a cite though - the entire page is directly out of the CIA World Factbook.Kmusser 14:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lowest point[edit]

Doing some research, I noticed that Sebjet Tah (the lowest point in W. Sahara) and Sebkha Tah (the lowest point in Morocco) are both the same depth! doing some further research, I find that it's the same place! Looking on a map, I see that the place in question is just north of the Morocco/W. Sahara border, but clearly on the Morocco side. I'm guessing, though both places speak Arabic, they have slightly different names for it, but it is not in W. Sahara. I can't find any place that says a different low point for W. Sahara, even the CIA Factbook lists the Tah that's north of what is considered Western Sahara as W. Sahara's low point, but, unless there's proof that there's a lower point in W. Sahara, I will change it to "Atlantic Ocean (0m)".--Canuckguy (talk) 01:57, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's no western Sahara at the United Nation[edit]

At UN they don't recognize that place as different country but as moroccan sahara, and since 1964 moroccan asked for independence from Spain at united nation with the recorded speech Of hassan 2 first time visited new york city... Please don't put wrong information here, I was thinking same way as you but after long research I discovered just Libya and algeria trying to devide moroccan ....by the way I'm Canadian 2604:2D80:E689:C000:8CF1:C69E:B10B:EACF (talk) 07:13, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The United Nations General Assembly has declared Western Sahara under Moroccan occupation on multiple occasions and the ICJ found there were no ties of sovereignty between Morocco and Western Sahara. Please do not post lies. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]