Potentialités de l’écotourisme et géotourisme aux provinces de Tantan, Tarfaya et Layoune (Sahara Atlantique marocain)

Abstract

Tantan, Tarfaya and Laayoune provinces, which belong to the Moroccan Atlantic Sahara, are characterized by exceptional geo and ecotourism potentials. In this context, singing dunes, sand rivers and the presence of several wadis mouth’s in such desert environment could constitute a locomotive for the development of green and geological tourism. Indeed, the studied region presents Eco and Geo-tourism potentials, combining ecological sites classified by the RAMSAR convention as the Khnifis lagoon, the wadis mouth’s including the longest river in Morocco (Oued Draa) with its new national park. Rivers of sand with multitudes sand colours, singing dunes, virgin beaches and sebkhas with the lowest point in Morocco, the sebkha of Tah with an altitude of -55 m adsl.

Heavy metal content and potential ecological risk assessment of sediments from Khnifiss Lagoon National Park (Morocco)

“…The area has been designated as a Ramsar site (area of relevance under the “Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance”) since 1980 and is part of the national network of protected areas as a SIBE site, Site d’Intérêts Biologique et Écologique (Benabid, 2000 ). To the south of Tan-Tan, an almost flat tabular surface develops, with a general slope on the order of 1% that gradually increases from west to east (Amimi et al, 2017 ). This extensive plateau, which expands over about 57% of the entire area, consists of a hard calcarenitic plate belonging to the Moghrébien (Upper Pliocene–Lower Pleistocene), which protects underlying marly-calcareous formations of Cretaceous age (Choubert et al, 1966 ).…”