It has a dry Saharan climate (about 100 mm / year [1]) with a cold winter and winds that blow frequently from south-west to north-west.

The flora is represented by the varieties of date palms Feggous and Aghrass, well preserved here while they have practically disappeared elsewhere.

We also note the presence of the following species: Hammada Scoparia, Retama raetum, Ephedra alata, Samolus valerandi and, at the edge of seguias or irrigation ditches, Adiantum capillus veneris.

Among the ornithological species that characterize theregion, we find: the Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra, the Common wood pigeon Columba palumbus, the Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius, the Bee-eater Merops apiaster, the Hoopoe Upupa epops, the Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus, the Bonelli's Eagle Hieraêtus fasciatus, the Bearded vulture Cypaetus barbatus, and the Partridge Alectoris spatzi.

In addition to the palm grove and its irrigation system by foggaras, and the secular ksars, there is a rock carvings station at Moghrar Tahtani, a modest museum of prehistory as well as the zaouia of Sheikh Bouamama.