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| Location | Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia |
| Geographic coordinates | 28 00 N, 3 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 2,381,740 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 2,381,740 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries |
total: 6,343 km border countries: libya 982 km, mali 1,376 km, mauritania 463 km, morocco 1,559 km, niger 956 km, tunisia 965 km, western sahara 42 km |
| Coastline | 998 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm |
| Climate | arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer |
| Terrain | mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: chott melrhir -40 m highest point: tahat 3,003 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc |
| Land use |
arable land: 3.22% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.53% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 5,600 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| Environment - current issues | soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan) |
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