 The depression extends east from the town of Ashkeda to the town of Ideary on the west, a distance of about 140 kilometers.To the west, Wadi al Shati borders the Illizi Province of Algeria.After the 2007 administrative reorganization of districts, it borders on the following districts, namely, Nalut in northwest, Jabal al Gharbi in the north, Jufra in the east, Sabha in the southeast, Wadi al Hayaa in the south and Ghat in the southwest.