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The Bas Saharan Basin (Arabic: حوض الصحراء) is an artesian aquifer system which covers most of the Algerian and Tunisian Sahara and extends to Libya, enclosing the whole of the Grand Erg Oriental.[1]

  1. ^ Eamonn Gearon (2011). The Sahara: A Cultural History. Andrews UK Limited. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-908493-17-0.

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