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Climatic Geomorphology
Figure 16.1. The northerncentral sector of the Dead Sea from the western margin, Israel.
mainly used in the Sahara region (Chott E1 Jerid, Tunisia). Takir is a clay-rich depression
in Central Asia, somewhat similar to the barreal in the Argentinean Andes (Figure 16.4).
In the South American deserts, salar, salina, and bols6n are used for depressions with
clay-rich or saline sedimentary deposits.
Figure 16.2. Saline closed depression with old salt exploitation facilities in the foreground, Laguna La
Playa, Central Sector of the Ebro Depression, Bujaraloz, Zaragoza Province, Spain.
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