Sebkha

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sebkha [′seb·kə]

(geology)

A geologic feature, in North Africa, which is a smooth, flat, plain usually high in salt; after a rain the plain may become a marsh or a shallow lake until the water evaporates. Also known as sabkha; sebcha; sebka; sibjet.

Sebkha

a term used in the Sahara for a landlocked plain having no outlet and covered with solonchaks.

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No references found			The aquifer is recharged by: * Wastewater discharges of domestic origin * Excess water tied to a palm irrigation irrational * Runoff from the upper sections and the input of the three Wadis flooding in the bassin (N'sa, M'zab and M'ya) The harmful effects of the rising water in the basin are mitigated by the existence of the drainage systems (canals), including those of palm (total length 80 km) and the crossing of Sebkha Bamendil and the entire northern part of Ouargla (10. Alteration of the aquifer water in hyperarid climate, by wastewater: ... by Mohamed, Djidel; Houria, Bousnoubra-Kherici; Nacer, Kherici; Imed-Eddine, Nezli / American Journal of Environmental Sciences It is delimited to the North by Djebel Fedjoudj, to the South by Aures massif, to the West by Djebel Amrane and to the East by Sebkha. Hydrochemical differentiation of salinisation process of the water in ... by Belgacem, Houha; Nacer, Kherici; Slimane, Kachi; Vincent Valles / American Journal of Applied Sciences			Sebago Lake State Park Sebaste Sebastian Sebastian Brant Sebastian County Sebastian Franck Sebastian Inlet State Park Sebastian, Saint Sebastian, St. sebastianite Sebastiano del Piombo Sebastiano Serlio Sebastikoglu, Georgos Sebastopol Sebastopol State Historic Site Sebat sebcha Sebek Sebekidae Sebeos Sebezh Sebezh, Lake Sebillot, Paul Sébillot, Paul sebka Sebkha Seborrhea seborrheic dermatitis Sebou River Sebriakovo Cement Plant Sebring 12-Hour Race Sebring ring Sebris, Karl Sebris, Karl Karlovich Sebuku sebum sec sec-butylamine seca Secale secalose Secam Secant secant conic chart secant conic projection Secaucus SECC Secchi Disk Secchi, Angelo Secchi, Pietro Angelo Secchia, Pietro			Sebeos Seberang Perai Sebesfi-Woods-1-Notrump-Escape Sebesten SEBEV Sebewaing Mutual Fire Insurance Company Sebezh Sebezh, Lake SEBF SEBG SEBH SEBHI Sebi Sebi sebi- sebi- Sebic Sebic sebiferous sebiferous Sebillot, Paul Sébillot, Paul SEBINI SEBIOT sebiparous sebiparous SEBIS SEBIX sebka Sebkha SEBL SEBM SEBMF Sebo sebo- sebo- SEBOD Seboghatullah SEBOK SEBOL sebolith Sebomenos Sebomenos Sebomin SEBOR Seborga Luigini Seborgan Luigino seborrhea seborrhea seborrhea seborrhea adiposa seborrhea capitis seborrhea capitis seborrhea capitis seborrhea faciei seborrhea furfuracea seborrhea oleosa seborrhea oleosa seborrhea oleosa seborrhea sicca

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