L'Arbre du Ténéré, known in English as the Tree of Ténéré, was a solitary acacia,that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth — the only one within more than 200 kilometres.
It was the last surviving tree of a group of trees that grew when the desert was less parched than it is today. The tree had stood alone for decades. During the winter of 1938–1939 a well was dug near the tree and it was found that the roots of the tree reached the water table 33–36 meters below the surface.
The tree was allegedly knocked down by a drunk Libyan truck driver in 1973. On November 8, 1973 the dead tree was relocated to the Niger National Museum in the capital Niamey.[1] It has been replaced by a simple metal sculpture representing a tree.
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