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Geotourism of the Libyan desert is highlighted in this paper in terms of its origin and distribution of its elements within the descriptive approach. The Libyan Desert as a part of Great Sahara displays a spectacular Paleozoic geological exposure with unique cultural and social prehistorical panorama in addition to the recent and past volcanism and earthquakes affected areas. The Geotourism features in the studied region can be grouped into two main categories according to their origin: i) internally induced features such as mountain ranges and the associated activities (volcanism and earthquakes affected areas), and ii) externally induced features such asValleys, dunes, sand sheets, caves, lakes, etc. The Quaternary (Pleistocene -Holocene) climatic change impact on the valley terraces and the scattered dry paleolakes are also recorded. Furthermore, the sediments and fossils (faunas and floras) are largely accessible attractive geotourism element in the region. Recent projects of natural resources such as oil and Man-Made River Projects (MMRP) are also considered in this paper for its value.

Al Jabal Akhdar Mountain suffered by numerous tectonic events throughout the geologic time, these events are most affected on the earth surface features. Wadi Sidi Moussa is one of the longest observable wadies that cut the lower escarpment, this wadi being having distributed fluvial terraces in different parts and locations. These terraces are shown with obvious variation in their elevations, some being higher, while others abruptly decreased in steps like behavior, where a series of steps and surfaces developed above and below the escarpment. Logically these terraces are explainable of odd and non-natural occurring, hence the fluvial terraces in the wadi attributed and interpreted as of a terraces of a tectonic control, and ascribed to the effects of one of those tectonic episodes.  Wadi Sidi Moussa due the fluvial terraces in this investigation can be considered as one of those morphotectonic valleys in Al Jabal Al Akhdar Mountain.

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