Atlas Mountain system

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The Atlas Mountain system is a vast mountain range in northwest Africa that stretches across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, forming a major geographic and climatic barrier between the Mediterranean coast and the Sahara Desert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
adjacentDesert Sahara Desert ⓘ
biodiversity high ⓘ
climateInfluence Mediterranean climate ⓘ
Saharan climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
extendsFrom Atlantic coast of Morocco ⓘ
extendsTo eastern Tunisia ⓘ
forms climatic barrier ⓘ
geographic barrier ⓘ
geologicalEra Cenozoic ⓘ
geology fold mountains ⓘ
highestPoint Toubkal ⓘ
highestPointCountry Morocco ⓘ
highestPointElevation 4167 m ⓘ
influences rainfall distribution in Northwest Africa ⓘ
inhabitedBy Berber peoples ⓘ
linked to: Berbers
languageRegion Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Africa ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableFauna Barbary macaque ⓘ
Barbary sheep ⓘ
notableFlora Atlas cedar ⓘ
linked to: Cedrus
oceanDrainage Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
orientation southwest–northeast ⓘ
orogeny Alpine orogeny ⓘ
partOf Maghreb region ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
passes Tizi n'Tichka Pass ⓘ
seaDrainage Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
separates Mediterranean coast ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
snowCover present in winter at higher elevations ⓘ
subrange Anti-Atlas ⓘ
Aurès Mountains ⓘ
High Atlas ⓘ
Middle Atlas ⓘ
Saharan Atlas ⓘ
Tell Atlas ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rif region → partOf → Atlas Mountain system ⓘ
Anti-Atlas mountains → partOf → Atlas mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
Chaambi Mountains → partOf → Atlas Mountains system ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
Dades Gorges → partOf → Atlas mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
Zayanes → hasGeographicFeature → Atlas mountain valleys ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
High Plateaus of Algeria → partOf → Atlas Mountains system ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
Saharan Atlas region → isSubdivisionOf → Atlas Mountain system ⓘ
Aurès region → locatedIn → Atlas Mountains system ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
Zerhoun Massif → partOf → Atlas Mountains system ⓘ
linked to: Atlas Mountain system
Kantara Pass → partOf → Atlas Mountain system ⓘ