Natural-colour image of Carthage on June 24, 2004. In the east, Carthage narrows to a point that stretches into the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gulf_of_Tunis" title="Category:Gulf of Tunis">Gulf of Tunis</a>. From that point, skinny strips of land extend toward the north-west and south-west, both strips enclosing <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a> bodies. North of Carthage is Sebkhet Arina, a shallow evaporative <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">lake</a>. Rocky outcrops connected by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a> separate this shallow lake from the Gulf of Tunis. South of Carthage is Lake <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tunis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunis">Tunis</a>, a water body actively modified and maintained by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens" title="Homo sapiens">humans</a> over thousands of years.
Jesse Allen
2004-06-24
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