CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAKES 549 
the following morning the salt had all disappeared, having deliquesced 
during the night, and the Shott looked like an ordinary lake. 
Shotts, or Sebkas, are found not only in the Sahara proper, but 
in the region of Algiers called the High Plateaus, as Shott el Tigri, 
Shott el Gharbi, Shott el Shergai, and Shott el Hodna. 
