terminology
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M’hamid
A village where the road ends in a small oasis town in the south of Morocco in the Saharan desert.
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Méharée
A journey on camelback.
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Bivouacs
Camping in tents.
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Riad
A Moroccan house with an interior garden or courtyard.
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Dromedary
An Arabian camel, or one-humped camel.
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Erg
Large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand.
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Reg
Flat gravelly plains.
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Hamada
A type of desert landscape which is largely rocky and barren plateaus.
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Oases
Fertile land in a desert when sources of freshwater, such as underground rivers or aquifers, irrigate the surface.
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Ksar (plural Ksour)
Castle
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Kasbah
A fortress.
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Gelims
Nomadic carpets, pileless, tapestry-woven rug.
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Chamelier
Guide that looks after the camels.
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Souks
Markets