International audienceIn the southernmost part of Tunisia, the alluvial terrace attributed to Upper Pleistocene is poorly dated and covered with a travertine. The lower terrace, well dated, was accumulating during the Holocene humid phases. This accumulation occured mainly during Lower Holocene (characterized by local lakes and high levels of the main Saharan lakes). Middle Holocene accumulation was less important by contrast with the more humid mediterranean zone. The intermediate dry phase caused the stop of the filling up and, locally, a vertical incision. There is no very low Holocene historic terrace.Dans l'étage saharien de l'extrême-sud tunisien, la terrasse alluviale attribuée au Pléistocène supérieur, mal datée, se termine par une ...