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Algeria
PHYSICAL SETTING
Algeria
PHYSICAL SETTING
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Figure 4. Topography and Drainage
Algeria comprises 2,381,741 square kilometers, more than
four-fifths of which is desert. Its Arabic name, Al Jazair (the
islands), is believed to derive from the rocky islands along the
Mediterranean coastline. The northern portion, an area of
mountains, valleys, and plateaus between the Mediterranean Sea
and the Sahara Desert, forms an integral part of the section of
North Africa known as the
Maghrib (see Glossary). This area
includes Morocco, Tunisia, and the northwestern portion of Libya
known historically as Tripolitania
(see
fig. 4).
Data as of December 1993
