Location and morphological status of spring mounds in the Nefzaoua Province in western Tunisia in 2020.

This dataset holds the location and the morphological characteristics of spring mounds in the Nefzaoua Province (governorate of Kebili) in western Tunisia. Overall, in an area of 3 000 km2, 126 spring mounds of 7 types were identified, of which 112 (89%) were degraded. Due to the low salt content in spring mound sediments, they are excavated and used as a soil amendment to expand new palm plantations. Only 14 mounds (11%) are presently preserved. We used old topographical maps, aerial photographs, TanDEM-X digital elevation model (DEM) and information from Google Earth to create this dataset.