# Small diatom lakes stood on a wadi floodplain in the south-east Adrar between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years ago

> At Tamga, at the south-eastern end of the Adrar of Mauritania, diatom-bearing lake deposits dated between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years BP record small…

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# Small diatom lakes stood on a wadi floodplain in the south-east Adrar between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years ago

At Tamga, at the south-eastern end of the Adrar of Mauritania, diatom-bearing lake deposits dated between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years BP record small lakes on a wadi floodplain, wettest around 9000 to 8000 radiocarbon years BP and drier afterwards.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Wet but not a ringed lake: streams and small lakes in the African Humid Period, about 14,800 to 5,500 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9GQMCS19/wet-but-not-a-ringed-lake-streams-and-small-lakes-in-the)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Small diatom lakes stood on a wadi floodplain in the south-east Adrar between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years ago [Evidence EVD0DCPAEXNC1T8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAEXNC1T8
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