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fiogf49gjkf0d TUNISIA IS LOCATED ON THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND COVERS AN AREA OF 154,530 SQ KM. IT IS BORDERED BY ALGERIA TO THE WEST AND LIBYA TO THE SOUTHEAST AND HAS A 1024 KM LONG COASTLINE. TUNISIA CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR REGIONS. THE NORTHERN AREA IS MOUNTAINOUS AND COVERS A THIRD OF THE TERRITORY. TWO MOUNTAIN CHAINS, THE NORTHERN TELL AND THE HIGH TELL ARE CONTINUATIONS OF THE TELL ATLAS AND SAHARAN ATLAS MOUNTAINS OF ALGERIA. JABAL ASH-SHA'NABI PEAK IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN TUNISIA, 1,544M AND IS LOCATED NEAR THE ALGERIAN BORDER. THE CENTRAL REGION IS A VAST PLATEAU DIVIDED INTO A WESTERN HIGH STEPPE AND AN EASTERN LOW STEPPE. IN THE SOUTH THERE IS A SERIES OF CHOTTS, SHALLOW SALT LAKES. THE LARGEST IS SHATT AL-JURID WHICH LIES 16M BELOW SEA LEVEL. THE SOUTHERNMOST 320KM OF TUNISIA IS SAHARAN SAND AND ROCK DOTTED WITH OASES. THE MAJARDAH IS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST RIVER AND IS USED FOR HYDROELECTRIC POWER AND IRRIGATION. IT CONTAINS TUNISIA'S MOST FERTILE VALLEY.
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