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Â Maproom44 Cartographic and Multimedia: Relief Maps, Cartography

Mid-altitude schematic view of the Saharan Atlas mountains, the High Atlas, and the Middle Atlas.

http://www.maproom44.com/image11.html

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Â AllRefer Encyclopedia - Atlas Mountains, Africa (African Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia

The Atlas system is most rugged in Morocco, where, from north to south, the Rif (or Rif Atlas), Middle Atlas, High or Grand Atlas (the highest part of the system), and Anti-Atlas are found; fertile lowlands separate the ranges.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Atlas Mountains

http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/AtlasMtn.html

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Â Field Photos from Morocco

Here are some photos taken during different visits to Morocco.
To read more about the research in the Middle Atlas, as well as the rest of Morocco, click here.
It covers a large area from eastern Morocco to eastern Algeria between the Tel Atlas (the Alpine collisional belt) and the High Atlas/Saharan Atlas.

http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/people/gomez/maroc/maroc_photos.html

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Â Tortoise Trust Web - The Spiny-Tailed Lizard at home

In Morocco, this species is one of the most characteristic reptiles of the south-east of the country (from Ouarzazate to Er Rachidia) but it has also been found the whole length of the Moulouya valley to within 20 km of the Mediterranean Sea.
Collecting remains the major threat to Uromastyx populations, and it is important that this activity is carefully monitored and that steps are taken to control unsustainable exploitation of what is undoubtedly one of Morocco's most fascinating reptiles.
Uromastyx acanthinurus, the Spiny-tailed lizard, inhabits the Sahara Desert from the Saharan Atlas to the Sudan, and from Mauritania to Egypt.

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/uromastyx.html

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Â MOROCCO political economical historical geographical aspect

The heavily dissected High Atlas span Morocco from the Atlantic coast near Agadir northeastward to Algeria, where they merge with the Saharan Atlas.
South of the High Atlas the Sahara begins.
MOHAMED VI Northern Morocco has a Mediterranean climate

http://www.geocities.com/macosmet/morocco.html

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Â The Atlas Mountains, Morocco - Chasing the Lizard’s Tail -

The Atlas is very much a borderland - not so much politically as geographically - for immediately to the south lies the Sahara, the greatest desert in the world.
Rising near the Atlantic coastline, and petering out as far east as Tunisia, the Atlas Mountains are at their highest and most impressive in Morocco.
It is only Atlas that prevents northern Morocco from succumbing to its sands.

http://www.bluegecko.org/lizard/lizard03.htm

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Â Algeria

This is characterized by a long, dry summer of 3 – 4 months on the coast, which extends to 5 or 6 months on the High Plains and over 6 months in the Sahel Atlas.
< 100 mm is the zone south of the Saharan Atlas.
To the north it borders the Mediterranean Sea, to the south Mali and Niger, to the west Morocco and to the east Tunisia and Libya (see Figure 1).

http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/Algeria.htm

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Â UC Atlas of Global Inequality

This Atlas has capacities rivaled by few other web sites.
he Atlas of Global Inequality explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics.
Buttons on the left of this page lead to theme pages where map presentations can be found.

http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/

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Â Diversity Excursions

Together with the Anti-Atlas, the Middle Atlas and the Saharan Atlas, the High Atlas form part of a mountain range that divides the arid Saharan region from the northern and western zones of Morocco, which are characterized by a mild Mediterranean climate.
Remnants of the khettara - an underground system of conduits that brought water from the foothills of the Atlas - are found throughout the palm grove.
Botanists have recorded more than 1000 species of vascular plants in the High Atlas, over 20% of them endemic to Morocco, including 160 known only from the high mountain zone.

http://www.globaldiversity.org.uk/divex/tamsnaset.html

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Â Atlas Mountains

These two mountain masses were formed over a major intracontinental rift system that had extended from what is now the Atlantic margin of Morocco to the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia.
There are two theories on how the Saharan Atlas Mountains formed.
This is shown by the earth tremors to which the mountain is still subject to today.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/a/jaf328/atlas.htm

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Â Atlas Mountains -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article

It comprises several ranges, rising to various elevations, including the High Atlas in Morocco; the Tell, or Maritime, Atlas, which runs along the coast from Morocco to Tunisia; and the Saharan Atlas in Algeria, located farther inland and running adjacent to the Sahara.
The most common myth concerning Atlas, told by the poets Homer and Hesiod, relates that Atlas supported the...
Online interactive version of the National Atlas of the United States.

http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?tocId=9356070

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Â Hiking The High Atlas Tour: Extraordinary Moroccan Journeys 1-888-584-2281 x 1000

Explore the vibrant and historic Jewish Mellah where some of the best jewelry of Morocco is sold, and view the majestic Koutoubia Mosque before entry into the 9th century walled medina.
The High Atlas, with their snow-capped peaks, hidden valleys, and ancient Berber villages, have enticed hikers from across the world.

http://www.morocco-travel-agency.com/atlastour.html

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Â ATLAS MOUNTAINS-[ruv.net : Online Encyclopedia Britannica : 1911 Edition]-

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The pillars which he supported bj ~re thought to rest in the sea, immediately beyond the most a ~stern horizon.
di A figure of Atlas supporting the heavens is often found as a th ntispiece in early collections of maps, and is said to have been to st thus used by Mercator.

http://britannica.ruv.net/A/AT/ATLAS_MOUNTAINS.htm

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Â Satellite Images: ALGERIA PAN-SAHARAN ATLAS, COAST

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Â Atlas: Rapid environmental changes during Upper Holocene in the Northern margins of the Sahara desert by Benazzouz, ...

The discovery of a transatlasic aeolian system through the eastern Saharan Atlas shows massive migrations of sands (Fig.
The author(s) of this document and the organizers of the conference have granted their consent to include this abstract in Atlas Conferences Inc. Document # camu-11.
The existence of a transatlasic aeolian system through the eastern Saharan Atlas indicates massive migrations of mobile sands from the High Plains in the North, to the Sahara desert to the South and confirms that in Algeria, there is not a progression of desertification from the Sahara toward the North.

http://atlas-conferences.com/c/a/m/u/11.htm

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Deforestation has been extensive in northern Algeria, with forests receding to the upper Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas.
The desert wildlife, while limited, is richer in variety, including leopards and panthers, gazelles, hyenas, jackals and antelope, as well as desert reptiles such as snakes, vipers and monitor lizards.
Pine, cedar and several oak species, including cork oak, are the main trees found in what is left of Algeria's forests.

http://www.arab.net/algeria/aa_florafauna.htm

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Â AFRICA

Baumhauer (1995) suggests on faunal, pedological and lake-level evidence that at his central Saharan site, annual rainfall during the mid-Holocene (after about 6,500 years ago) was about 150-250 mm; enough to support semi-desert vegetation.
This is in accordance with the northwards shift of the monsoon belt in the Saharan belt to the west, and in southern Asia to the east.
As a result of an extensive review of the data on Holocene Saharan environments, Vernet (1995) suggests that the wettest and most vegetated period in the Sahara was between 8,500 and 7,500 years ago.

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~tjms/africa.html

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Â exodus: Holidays in Morocco

Most Morocco holidays are based in Marrakech, with easy access to trekking in the Atlas mountains, especially for climbing Mount Toubkal.
A remote trek in the beautiful High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, including an ascent of Mt Toubkal
Morocco has mountains, deserts, ancient cities, and some of the friendliest people anywhere in the world.

http://www.exodus.co.uk/special_morocco.html

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Â ninemsn Encarta - Atlas Mountains

Search ninemsn for Web sites about Atlas Mountains.
The Atlas Mountains are the traditional habitat of the Berbers, who were driven inland to the mountains by the Arabs in the 7th century.
Geologically, the system is made of two separate parts: the High Atlas of the south-west, in Morocco, was formed by the folding of the ancient Saharan plateau, while the eastern Tell Atlas, in Algeria and Tunisia, was formed in a later, separate folding episode contemporary with the formation of the Alpine system of Europe.

http://au.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577053/Atlas_Mountains.html

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Â Animal Info - Slender-horned Gazelle

Tunisia and the Saharan Atlas in the north.
By the early 1970's, the slender-horned gazelle was in serious decline and its populations were highly fragmented and often isolated.

http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/gazelept.htm

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Â Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - print-out version of Virtual Journey of Algeria

This turn-around is all the more the remarkable in view of the limited resources in the Western Saharan camps.
Sources: CIA World Factbook; The World Guide 1999-2000
Many Saharan Berbers speak a related language called Zenete.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/algeria/print.htm

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Â Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests (PA0513)

Above the timberline, which reaches 2,700 m in Morocco and 2,100 m in Algeria, the vegetation is very rich in endemic species, dominated by cushion and thorny shrublands ( Astragalus boissieri, A. numidicus, Vella mairei, and Arenaria pungens) and meadows ( Festuca algeriensis and Festuca desertii) (Quézel, 1981).
in the Middle Atlas (Benabid and Fennane 1994).
This particular landform pattern, together with the distance of the Middle Altas and Saharian Atlas from sea influence, creates an intense continental gradient.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa0513_full.html

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Â Social Studies School Service Regions Links page

National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas: Free blank outline maps
Explanation of the pattern of farming types in England and Wales

http://socialstudies.com/c/@UugeMgQbChTeg/Pages/regionlinks.html

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Â Morocco Birding Resources by the Fat Birder > World Birding > Africa > Morocco

Saharan Morocco lies to the south of the High and Anti-Atlas.
The only drawback was the wind that was a bit too strong on every other day.
Eastern Morocco, except for the area adjacent to the Mediterranean coast, is dry with especially hot summers and cold winters; the High Plateaux rise to over 1000m and are covered with a steppe type vegetation dominated by Artemisia herba-alba and Stipa tenacissima.

http://www.fatbirder.com/links_geo/africa/morocco.html

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Â 1Up Travel : Algeria Geography and Facts

Among projects was one to create a barrage vert (green barrier) more or less following the ridge line of the Saharan Atlas and extending from Morocco to the Tunisian frontier in a zone 1,500 kilometers long and up to twenty kilometers wide.
The barrage vert project was ended in the late 1980s because of lack of funds.
The fertile Tell is the country's heartland, containing most of its cities and population.

http://www.1uptravel.com/geography/algeria.html

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Â MSN Encarta - Search View - Africa

Toward the east, the Atlas consists of two parallel ranges: the Tell Atlas to the north and the Saharan Atlas to the south.
Africa has significant reserves of petroleum and natural gas, concentrated in two main areas.
It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlas Mountains southward for 2,000 km (1,000 mi) until it merges imperceptibly into the semidesert Sahel region.

http://ca.encarta.msn.com/text_761572628__1/Africa.html

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Â African Conservation Foundation - Algeria - Conservation Projects.

The few remaining are to be seen on the Tell Atlas and Saharan Atlas mountains.
In the north of the country, in what is left of Algeria's forests, oak, cedar, pine and cork trees grow, however deforestation has has been so widespread the there are very few forests left to speak of.
The area bordering the Mediterranean Ocean has warm summers and rainy winters but this region is also subject to sand and dust storms from the Sahara during the summer.

http://www.africanconservation.com/algeriaprofile.html

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Â Geography of Algeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maritime Atlas, lies between the sea and the
The Great, or Saharan Atlas contains some of the highest points in the country.
The country is traversed by lofty ranges of the Atlas system, which run nearly parallel to the coast, and rise in places over 2100 m.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Algeria

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Â Amazon.com: Books: The Penguin Atlas of African History (Penguin Reference Books)

This offering gives a bit more balance to the series and has a better claim to be the "Penguin Atlas of Human History" since it begins with maps of the oldest known hominid fossil finds.
There is also a tendency to see things from a European point of view, and I would have preferred a little less on the "exploration" of the continent and a little more on cultural history.
As with the other books in the series, the maps are very well laid out and will be irresistible to history buffs like myself.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140513213?v=glance

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Â Holidays Morocco holiday homes riads ryads hotels Marrakech Essaouira Agadir Fez

Also known to the Arabs as " Al Maghreb al Aqsa", the farthest land of the setting sun, Morocco's dramatic landscape stretches from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the waves of the Saharan dunes.
Only south of the Atlas does it flatten out into the stony and sandy Sahara Desert.
Ethnic Arabs who arrived with the first invasion in the seventh century are a relatively small part of the population and tend to gather around the main towns.

http://www.rusticblue-morocco.com/more_about_morocco.htm

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This is an ingenious idea and has found widespread acceptance, though it is not without its problems as we will see in module 2.
According to this scheme the arid, flat, High Plateau, which lie between the Saharan Atlas and the Tell, was used by the army as a 'waiting zone', where the pastoralists could be delayed if the pasture in the Tell was poor or late in growing and the harvests were late.
It has been suggested that the purpose of this military advance was to control the timing and scale of pastoralist movement northward towards the settled provinces in the Tell region.

http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/roman_africa/TRANSHUM.HTM

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Â L'Atlantide

, of the Saharian Sea, and his locating Atlantis in the Hoggar mountains of the Saharan Atlas.
Benoit knew from life experience that parts of the Hoggar were still totally unexplored, and were guarded by the fierce Targuis, or Tuaregs, or Blue Men of Sahara (because of the color of their robes).
: Tamara Lees plays Antinea to comic Antonio Sapore in this Italian comedy spoofing Foreign Legion and other Saharan clichés.

http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/atlantide.htm

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Â Chapter Seven

The Atlas mountains form the Nucleus of the settled Maghreb.
The countries of the Maghreb are sometimes referred to as the Barbary States.
North Africans have been emigrating to Europe, primarily to France, in search of work.

http://www.accd.edu/sac/earthsci/sgirhard/1303.090/chap7.htm

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Â WorldBook General Reference Encyclopedia > Geography > Africa > Mountains > Atlas Mountains >

In addition to answering the frequently asked questions on Morocco, it also contains a comprehensive set of links to related reso
High Atlas Mountains October 9 As the race enters the High Atlas Mountains, team standings seem to change as fast as they are announced.
The rec.travel Guide to Morocco contains the compiled recommendations and advice built up since 1992 by net travellers.

http://www.surfablebooks.com/worldbookgeneral/Geography/Africa/Mountains/Atlas%20Mountains/4.htm

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ALBORAN SEA CORING PROGRAM OCTOBER 16-25, 2000: ENERGY and GEOSCIENCE INSTITUTE CRUISE REPORT 10-27-2000
REPORT ON SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES OF THE RIF, MOROCCO PROJECT FOR 15 OCTOBER '83 TO 15 JANUARY '84
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXTERNAL PART OF THE RIF, MOROCCO

http://associates.egi.utah.edu/About/ReportsUpdated.htm

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Â Atlas Mountains

Many millions people live in the Atlas Mountains, almost all of these count themselves as Berbers, except when we get to Tunisia, where the locals regard themselves as Arabs.
Morocco has the Middle Atlas, High Atlas and Anti Atlas.
Algeria takes part in the Atlas with the Saharan Atlas, and the Tell, which starts around the middle of Algeria, before starting its course along the Algerian coast, before reaching Tunisia, and offers the only mountainous area of this country.

http://i-cias.com/e.o/atlasmou.htm

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Â The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles

However, other Berber groups such as the Kabyles, Shawiya, Tuareg, and other Saharan Berbers are only nominally Muslim.
While there are many similarities between all the Berber groups, their particular lifestyles and quality of life vary according to the region in which they live.
However, since lefs are primarily defensive rather than offensive alliances, their primary purpose is to preserve peace in a region.

http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/clusters/8013.html

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Â Saharan definition of Saharan. What is Saharan? Meaning of Saharan. What does Saharan mean? Saharan synonyms, Saharan ...

This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
Far to the south rose the dim lines of the Saharan Atlas range.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Saharan

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Â First-Ever Atlas 3 Lifts Off

The launch also was key for EUTELSAT, which is the No. 3 satellite operator in the world.
Coupling former Cold War foes, the historic inaugural flight of the Atlas 3 showcased a modern version of the first U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and a high-performance engine whose predecessors once provided the propulsive punch for Soviet missiles aimed at cities in the U.S. and Western Europe.
The maiden voyage of the Atlas 3, meanwhile, was considered crucial to a Lockheed Martin bid to buttress its position in the lucrative but highly competitive global launch industry, a business that now generates around $7 billion in revenues per year.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/atlas_liftoff_000524.html

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Â MSN Encarta - Algeria

The countryâ€™s principal river, the Chelif (725 km/450 mi long), rises in the Tell Atlas and flows to the Mediterranean Sea; no permanent streams are found south of the Tell.
The numerous valleys of this region contain most of Algeriaâ€™s arable land.
Several basins here collect water during rainy periods, forming large, shallow lakes; as these dry they become salt flats, called chotts, or shatts.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554128/article.html

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Â MSN Encarta - Search Results - Saharan

Search Amazon.com for books about your topic, "Saharan"
Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian.
Search for Magazine Articles on " Saharan "

http://encarta.msn.com/Saharan.html

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Â French Colonies - Algeria

The Tell Atlas is also much drier in the west than it is in Kabylia, which receives about 1,020 mm (40 in) of rainfall a year.
South of the Saharan Atlas is the immense Sahara, with its gravel expanses, occasional plateaus, sand dunes (ergs), and the fantastic, lunarlike Ahaggar Mountains, where Mount Tahat, the nation's highest peak, rises to 3,003 m (9,852 ft).
In the late 1980s the government abandoned for financial reasons the planned "green wall" of vegetation across the northern edge of the Sahara, intended to impede desertification.

http://www.discoverfrance.net/Colonies/Algeria.shtml

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Â Global Village Atlas Two/Three

Atlas exercises 2 and 3 will have an in-class component to it; you'll need to bring your own copy of Goodes World Atlas to answer the 15 remaining questions.
According to the World Political Information Table, this most populous state (from question two) has a population density of __________ people per square mile.

http://www.geog.tamu.edu/~prout/GVAtlas2n3.html

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Â Tunisia -- Encyclopædia Britannica

The Tunisian Dorsal, or High Tell, a southwest-to-northeast mountain range that is an extension of the Saharan Atlas (Atlas Saharien) of Algeria, tapers off in the direction of the Cape Bon peninsula in the northeast, south of the Gulf of Tunis.

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=119983

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Â Trip Information for Morocco & Trans Saharan

This sea of sand has been a barrier to travellers for thousands of years, yet man has devised routes to cross it.
Get the Trip Notes for Morocco & Trans Saharan.
Morocco: Volubilis, Roman ruin; Fes, atmospheric wall city with massive ancient medina; Merzouga and Saharan dunes, opt.

http://www.dragoman.com/destinations/trips.php?tripCat=MTS

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Â GEG 101

Why do some call this realm the "Arab world"?
Why do they live there or not live there?

http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/g101t/g1t2000.htm

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Â Redtail Atlas Explorer N 15.000 W -24.500

This striking true-color image shows a clear view of the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic as a massive wall of Saharan Desert dust (tan pixels) is fast approaching from the east.
Saharan dust over the Atlantic Ocean Date: Sunday, September 21, 2003...
In this scene, the Cape Verde Islands sit in the middle of a large area of sunglint, which refers to the bright patch of water around the islands where a lot of sunlight is being reflected directly up at the...

http://www.redtailcanyon.com/map.aspx?BBOX=-27.9377467707849,12.1352110243459,-21.0622532292151,17.8647889756541&SRS=EPSG:4326

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Â Algeria (02/02)

According to 1986 data, 45% of the population is under age 15.
The Tellian and Saharan Atlas Mountain ranges cross the country from east to west, dividing it into three zones.
Algeria, the second-largest state in Africa, has a Mediterranean coastline of about 998 kilometers (620 mi.).

http://polisource.com/documents/BackgroundNotes/8005pf.shtml

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Â Algeria: Land and People

N Algeria is subject to earthquakes, which, as in 1954, 1980, and 2003, may be devastating, killing and injuring thousands.
) and supporting mainly sheep and goat herders; and the Saharan Atlas Mts., a broken series of mountain ranges and massifs (highest point: 7,638 ft/2,330 m), also a semiarid area and used chiefly for pasturing livestock.
, is made up of four parallel east-west zones: a narrow lowland strip (interspersed with mountains) along the country's 600-mi (970-km) Mediterranean coastline; the Tell Atlas Mts.

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856561.html

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Â Maghreb - Algeria

The Saharan Atlas stretches to Biskra, at its eastern end, and rises from the west to reach the peaks of the Ksour (2,234.75 metres), the mountain Amour (1,920.24 metres) the Oulad-Neils (1,645.92 metres); and the Ziban and Aurès Peaks are also over 2,328 metres.
The high plateaux region between the Tell and the Saharan Atlas is 200 km wide, in places reaching 1,066.80 metres in height and containing shallow, brackish depressions, the chotts, these being also found south of the Aurès, near the Tunisian border.
Libya continues to claim about 32,000 sq.km in a long-standing border dispute still reflected on Libyan maps covering south-eastern Algeria.

http://www.maghrebreview.com/en/algeria.html