Desertification in Mauritania

Mauritanie. Chinguetti. The city of Chinguetti is the fifth holy city of the Moslem religion. It is also a city threatened by sands of the desert and that empties of these inhabitants. The skeleton of a shelter decomposes bit by bit.

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Mauritanie. Chinguetti. The city of Chinguetti is the fifth holy city of the Moslem religion. It is also a city threatened by sands of the desert and that empties of these inhabitants. The skeleton of a shelter decomposes bit by bit.