Wheat
📍 MauritaniaClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Wheat grows in Mauritania
Zone River
Strip along lefleuve Senegal Moughataa (Department) Keur Macène (Southwest Trarza) in Gouraye (South East Guidimakha). = 350-450mm rainfall. Temperature = 15-45 ° C depending on the seasons. = Wintering seasons (rainy season) from June to September and dry season (October to May). Soils = clayey or silty (Hydromorphic); Brown and sandy (low water retention)
arid Zone
It extends from the north to the isohyet 150 mm without the marine band and covers nearly 80% of the national territory. Rainfall = <100 mm per year, rarely reaches 150 mm in the northern parts of Assaba and Hodhs. = Wintering seasons (rainy season from July to September) and dry season from October to June Temperature = 10 to 47 ° c. = gross soil desert soils (ablation and intake) dominated by sand ergs. Relative humidity = 28-43%. Water Resources = dune and alluvial aquifers wadis
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