The old bridge of the river Tidzi

The salt extraction in Ida Azza . It is a salt extraction called rock salt, Halite (Sel gemme fr.)
This salt is a rock formation located at the level of groundwater is extracted with water.
This layer is saline evaporites that followed the Triassic there are about 200 000 million years.

Halite occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that result from the drying up of enclosed lakes,
playas, and seas. Salt beds may be hundreds of meters thick and underlie broad areas.

Aerial view of saltwaterponds in Idaoui Aza Smimo

 

Salt extraction in Asla , Smimo

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The old Olive press

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Rock salt