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The Tibesti Mountains are a group of dormant Volcano es forming a Mountain Range in the central Sahara Desert in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti prefecture of northern Chad . The northern slopes extend a short distance into southern Libya . The mountains are the largest and highest range in the Sahara. The highest peak is Emi Koussi , 3415 m. Other summits include Kegueur Terbi (3376 m), Tarso Taro (3325 m), the active Volcano Pic Tousside (3265 m) and Soborom (3100 m). While the high peaks themselves are all constituted of volcanic material, the mountains stand on broad Uplift ed area possibly caused by a Mantle Plume . The range has a substantially different wetter Climate than the arid surrounding desert; annual rainfall is estimated at five inches in some of the highest areas of the mountains. The area has long been home to the Toubou people, there been trading relations between them and Carthage as far back as the 500's BC. The main town in the area is Zouar , while Bardaï and Aouzou are smaller settlements. The mountains are known for their Cave Paintings , mostly dating from the 5th to the 3rd Millennium BC , and for the Geyser s and Hot Spring s around Soboroum . REFERENCES
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