The Sebkhet Cherita is a salt lake wetland in the Sousse Governorate of Tunisia, 25 kilometers southwest of the city of Sousse and 25 kilometers southeast of the city of Kairouan.Sylvie Franquet , Tunisia (Mair Dumont Spirallo, 2009 ) p181. It covers an area of 11600hectares and is 17 by 9 kilometers wide. Fueled by several wadis, such as the Oued Merguellil, Oued Nebhana and Oued Zeroud.R. H. Hughes, A Directory of African Wetlands.(IUCN, 1992) p80.
Although the lake is in the Sahel, it supports diverse flora ecosystems and diverse range of water birds. The catchment system area is 360 km2 and the system empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
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