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The Ténéré is a desert
Désert

?D?sert? is ?milie Simon's debut single, released in October 2002. The song was a huge success both critically and commercially in her homeland....
 region in the south central Sahara
Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
. It comprises a vast plain of sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
 stretching from northeastern Niger
Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
 into western Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
, occupying an area of over 154,440 square miles (400,000 km²). Its boundaries are said to be the Aïr Mountains
Aïr Mountains

The A?r Mountains is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara desert. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Ecoregion, they rise to more than 6,000 ft and extend over 84 000 km?....
 in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau
Djado Plateau

The Djado Plateau lies in the Sahara, in north eastern Niger. It is known for its cave art , but is now largely uninhabited, with abandoned towns and forts visible....
 in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains
Tibesti Mountains

The Tibesti Mountains are a group of dormant volcanoes forming a mountain range in the central Sahara desert in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of northern Chad....
 in the east, and the basin of Lake Chad
Lake Chad

Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow lake in Africa, whose size has varied greatly over the centuries. It is economically very important, providing water to more than 20 million people living in the four countries which surround it — Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria....
 in the south. The central part of the desert, the Erg
Erg (landform)

An erg is a large, relatively flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. The term takes its name from the Arabic language word erg , meaning "dune field"....
 du Bilma, is centered at approximately .






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The Ténéré is a desert
Désert

?D?sert? is ?milie Simon's debut single, released in October 2002. The song was a huge success both critically and commercially in her homeland....
 region in the south central Sahara
Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
. It comprises a vast plain of sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
 stretching from northeastern Niger
Niger

Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
 into western Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
, occupying an area of over 154,440 square miles (400,000 km²). Its boundaries are said to be the Aïr Mountains
Aïr Mountains

The A?r Mountains is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara desert. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Ecoregion, they rise to more than 6,000 ft and extend over 84 000 km?....
 in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau
Djado Plateau

The Djado Plateau lies in the Sahara, in north eastern Niger. It is known for its cave art , but is now largely uninhabited, with abandoned towns and forts visible....
 in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains
Tibesti Mountains

The Tibesti Mountains are a group of dormant volcanoes forming a mountain range in the central Sahara desert in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of northern Chad....
 in the east, and the basin of Lake Chad
Lake Chad

Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow lake in Africa, whose size has varied greatly over the centuries. It is economically very important, providing water to more than 20 million people living in the four countries which surround it — Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria....
 in the south. The central part of the desert, the Erg
Erg (landform)

An erg is a large, relatively flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. The term takes its name from the Arabic language word erg , meaning "dune field"....
 du Bilma, is centered at approximately .

Name

The name Ténéré comes from the Tuareg
Tuareg

The Tuareg are a nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq , Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen , or Kel Tagelmust, i.e., "People of the Veil"....
 language, meaning "desert", in much the same way that the Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 word for "desert", Sahara
Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
, came to be applied to the region as a whole.

Climate

The Ténéré is arid, with an extremely hot and dry climate and virtually no plant life. Temperatures reach as high as 42 °C (108 °F) in the summer, with little more than 25 mm (1 in) of rain annually. Water is notoriously difficult to find, even underground, and wells may be hundreds of miles apart.

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