terminology

  • M’hamid

    A village where the road ends in a small oasis town in the south of Morocco in the Saharan desert.

  • Méharée

    A journey on camelback.

  • Bivouacs

    Camping in tents.

  • Riad

    A Moroccan house with an interior garden or courtyard.

  • Dromedary

    An Arabian camel, or one-humped camel.

  • Erg

    Large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand.

  • Reg

    Flat gravelly plains.

  • Hamada

    A type of desert landscape which is largely rocky and barren plateaus.

  • Oases

    Fertile land in a desert when sources of freshwater, such as underground rivers or aquifers, irrigate the surface.

  • Ksar (plural Ksour)

    Castle

  • Kasbah

    A fortress.

  • Gelims

    Nomadic carpets, pileless, tapestry-woven rug.

  • Chamelier

    Guide that looks after the camels.

  • Souks

    Markets