Selja Gorges

Selja Gorges
Selja gorges with the train Lézard rouge
Selja Gorges is located in Tunisia
Selja Gorges
Selja Gorges
Naming
Native nameGorges de Selja (French)
Geography
CountryTunisia
StateGafsa Governorate
Coordinates34°23′37″N 8°20′36″E / 34.39361°N 8.34333°E / 34.39361; 8.34333
Official nameLes Gorges de Thelja
Designated2 February 2012
Reference no.2009[1]

Selja Gorges (from the traditionnal transcription fr. Gorges de Selja) or the Thelja Gorges as more recently transcribed from Arabic (arabic حلق الثالجة) are located in southern Tunisia in Gafsa Governorate.

The gorges link the Gafsa Valley with the Redeyef plateau. The area contains abundant phosphate deposits.

  1. ^ "Les Gorges de Thelja". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 May 2020.