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The Atlas Mountains - Morocco
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about 2,500km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The mountains are divided into additional and separate ranges, including the High Atlas, Middle Atlas, and Anti-Atlas.
High atlas its self is divided into :
Western High Atlas : In the west lies the oldest portion of the range. Several peaks in this area exceed 4000 m, Its high point is the Jbel Toubkal at 4167 m, which is visible from the city of Marrakech. Jbel Toubkal lies in the Toubkal national park
Central High Atlas : A solid chalk mass morphologically dominated by tabular zones reaching an altitude of 2,500 m extends from Azilal to Ouarzazate. Here, the contrasting landscapes remind visitors of the Colorado, with its high plateaux, its gorges and box canyons, and its peaks sometimes splintered by erosion. jebel Mgoun at 4068 m being the highest peak in this part of the High Atlas.
Eastern high atlas which is the Imlchil region.
The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest of Morocco toward the northeast to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt (altogether a distance of approximately 500kilometres/310 miles). In the south it borders the Sahara. The easternmost point of the anti-Atlas is the djebel sarghro mountains and its eastern boundary is set by sections of the High Atlas range. Jbel siroua is set as a bridge between the High atlas and the Anti-Atlas.
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