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fiogf49gjkf0d MOROCCO IS SITUATED IN NORTH AFRICA AND COVERS AN AREA OF
458,730SQ KM. IT IS BORDERED BY ALGERIA TO THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST, BY THE WESTERN SAHARA TO THE SOUTH. THE WESTERN
COASTLINE IS SURROUNDED BY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, WHILE THE
NORTH IS BOUNDED BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
MOROCCO IS A VERY MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY, WITH ELEVATIONS
REACHING 800M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE LOWLANDS AND ROCKY
PLATEAUS ARE REIGNED OVER BY THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, WITH
AVERAGE ELEVATIONS OF 3353M.
MOULOUYA IN THE NORTHEAST, RHARB IN THE NORTHWEST, THE
PIEDMONT PLAINS IN THE CENTRAL REGIONS AND THE SOUS PLAINS
IN THE SOUTHWEST ARE SOME OF THE MAIN LOWLANDS. ROCKY
PLATEAU REACHES HEIGHTS BETWEEN 549M AND 914M AND COVER
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE COUNTRY.
MOROCCO'S MOUNTAINS ARE THE HIGHEST IN NORTH AFRICA. ER-RIF
REACHES 2456M. THESE ARE SITUATED ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN
COAST. JEBEL TOUBKAL IS MOROCCO'S HIGHEST POINT AT 4165M.
MOROCCO'S RIVERS FLOW STRONGLY TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
OR INTO THE SAHARA DESERT. THE MOULOUYE RIVER IN THE NORTH
IS THE ONLY ONE THAT FLOWS INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
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