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ALGERIA IS SITUATED IN NORTH AFRICA, COVERING AN AREA OF
2,332,164SQ KM. IT IS BORDERED BY MALI AND MAURITANIA ON
THE SOUTHWEST, BY TUNISIA AND LIBYA TO THE EAST, BY NIGER
TO THE SOUTHEAST, MOROCCO TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO THE NORTH.
THE LARGE SAHARAN DESERT STRETCHES OUT OVER APPROXIMATELY
80 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA. IN THE NORTHERN REGION
ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST, LIE THE PLAINS AND THE MOUNTAIN
RANGES OF THE ATLAS SYSTEM. THE SOUTHERN REGION IS THE
SAHARAN ATLAS, SEPARATING THE MAGHREB FROM THE DESERT. THE
DESERT IS VAST, WITH LARGE SAND DUNES AND MOUNTAIN CHAINS
THROUGHOUT. THE AHAGGAR MOUNTAINS IN THE SOUTHEAST INCLUDE
THE HIGHEST PEAK, MOUNT TAHAT AT 3003M. THE NORTHERN ATLAS
IS NOT AS HIGH AND IS SITUATED IN THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE.
ALGERIA'S MAJOR RIVERS ARE FOUND IN THE NORTH, EVEN THOUGH
OASES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN SAHARAN REGION.
MOST RIVERS ARE PERIODIC. |
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