القائــمة

Geography



AlgeriaMorocco
LocationNorthern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and TunisiaNorthern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
Geographic coordinates28 00 N, 3 00 E32 00 N, 5 00 W
Map referencesAfricaAfrica
Areatotal: 2,381,741 sq km
land: 2,381,741 sq km
water: 0 sq km
total: 446,550 sq km
land: 446,300 sq km
water: 250 sq km
Area - comparativeslightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texasslightly more than three times the size of New York; slightly larger than California
Land boundariestotal: 6,734 km
border countries (7): Libya 989 km, Mali 1,359 km, Mauritania 460 km, Morocco 1,900 km, Niger 951 km, Tunisia 1,034 km, Western Sahara 41 km
total: 2,362.5 km
border countries (3): Algeria 1,900 km, Western Sahara 444 km, Spain (Ceuta) 8 km, Spain (Melilla) 10.5 km
note: an additional 75-meter border segment exists between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Penon de Velez de la Gomera
Coastline998 km1,835 km
Maritime claimsterritorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climatearid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summerMediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
Terrainmostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plainmountainous northern coast (Rif Mountains) and interior (Atlas Mountains) bordered by large plateaus with intermontane valleys, and fertile coastal plains
Elevation extremesmean elevation: 800 m
elevation extremes: lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 2,908 m
mean elevation: 909 m
elevation extremes: lowest point: Sebkha Tah -59 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m
Natural resourcespetroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zincphosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
Land useagricultural land: 17.4%
arable land 18.02%; permanent crops 2.34%; permanent pasture 79.63%
forest: 0.82%
other: 81.8% (2014 est.)
agricultural land: 67.5%
arable land 17.5%; permanent crops 2.9%; permanent pasture 47.1%
forest: 11.5%
other: 21% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land13,600 sq km (2014)14,850 sq km (2012)
Natural hazardsmountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season; droughtsnorthern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts; windstorms; flash floods; landslides
Environment - current issuessoil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable waterland degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage; siltation of reservoirs; oil pollution of coastal waters
Environment - international agreementsparty to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Geography - notelargest country in Africastrategic location along Strait of Gibraltar; the only African nation to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines
Population distributionthe vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coastthe highest population density is found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts; a number of densely populated agglomerations are found scattered through the Atlas Mountains
أنشر
Banner

أكتب تعليق :

0 comments: