اهتمامات الفرنسيين باستكشاف إقليم تنزروفت Tanezrouft (1900-1962)‎

Abstract EN

The connection between the north of Mali and the south of Algeria goes through the region of Tanezrouft.

This region is among the major regions of the historic Touat.

However, it in the fact that it has a harsh geographical structure with few ksours throughout.

Despite the harsh conditions of Tanezrouft, the French explorers were curious to discover this region.

This research paper aims to investigate the colonial geographers' efforts, such as: T.

Monod, R.

Furon, and N.

Menchikoff to explore Tanezrouft geologically, in order to check the possibility of using it as a link between the Algerian colony and the African markets.