Atlas Mountains

Mountain range, Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Jbel Toubkal, Mediterranean
Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Berber people, Middle Atlas, High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Tell
Atlas, Endangered species.

The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa
extending about 2,500 km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
The highest peak is Jbel Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,167 metres (13,671
ft) in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and
Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The population of the Atlas
Mountains are mainly Berbers. The terms for ‹mountain› in some Berber
languages are adrar and adras, believed to be cognate with the toponym. The
mountains are divided into additional and separate ranges, including the
Middle Atlas, High Atlas, and Anti-Atlas. The lower Tell Atlas running near
the coast and the larger Saharan Atlas running further south terminate in the
Aurès Mountains located in Algeria and Tunisia. The Atlas Mountains constitute
one of the distinct physiographic provinces of the larger African Alpine
System division.