Date palms (in excavated palmeries) near the village of Oued Tork in Umm Dabah osais, some 25 km west of El Oued. This area has maintained traditional Ghout (large sand pit) agriculture methods and has not been affected by waste water pollution that has damaged other oases in the Souf region of El Oued. With the ghout system the palms are planted at the bottom of a large excavated pit so that their roots could reach the shallow ground water. The dates grown here are prized "Deglet Noor" variety, and are sold both domestically and exported to Europe, Mali, and Niger.
