Tassili n'Ajjer

World Heritage

Algeria

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The site is located in a geologically significant and bizarre lunar landscape and contains the world's most important collection of prehistoric cave art. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings document climate change, animal migrations and the evolution of human life. The rock formations on the edge of the Sahara Desert date from 6000 BC to the first few centuries of the modern era. The geological formations here are spectacular, with eroded sandstone forming a "rock forest".

# Climate Change

# Sahara Desert

# Prehistoric Cave Art

# Animal Migration

# Human life evolution

# Rock Forest

Depiction of a dancing or seated human

Anonymous reproduction of the Tassili mushroom figure Matalem-Amazar found in Tassili.[38]

Dunes at Tassili n'Ajjer

Ritual figure or shaman

Landsat multilayer image of Tassili n'Ajjer

Surrounding desert

Local cypresses

Sandstone rocks and cliffs

Aerial photograph of Tassili n'Ajjer

Very high rock columnsphotograph taken from 30 000 ft

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Information extracted from Wikidata

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tassili%20Desert%20Algeria.jpg
located in the administrative territorial entity	Lanarkshire
executive body	Tassili n'Ajjer
IPA transcription	4183290
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/04fd59
Commons category	Tassili n'Ajjer
coordinate location	Point(9.0 25.666666666)
named as	Tassili (Alžírsko : pohoří)
length	800
elevation above sea level	2158
area	120000
area	7200000
width	60
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (i)

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tassili%20n%E2%80%99Ajjer%20National%20Park%20NASA%20Landsat%207%20%282000%29.jpg
media legend	Landsat multilayer image of the Tassili n'Ajjer
start time	1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	طاسيلي ناجّر
official name	Tassili n'Ajjer
official name	Tasili n’Ajer
official name	Tassili n'Ajjer
official name	タッシリ・ナジェール
official name	Tassili n’Ajjer
official name	Плато Тассилин-Аджер
official name	阿杰尔的塔西利
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (i)
heritage designation	Ramsar site
start time	2001-02-02T00:00:00Z