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| Location | Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara |
| Geographic coordinates | 32 00 N, 5 00 W |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 446,550 sq km land: 446,300 sq km water: 250 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than California |
| Land boundaries |
total: 2,017.9 km border countries: algeria 1,559 km, western sahara 443 km, spain (ceuta) 6.3 km, spain (melilla) 9.6 km |
| Coastline | 1,835 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior |
| Terrain | northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: sebkha tah -55 m highest point: jbel toubkal 4,165 m |
| Natural resources | phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt |
| Land use |
arable land: 19.61% permanent crops: 2.17% other: 78.22% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 12,910 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts |
| Environment - current issues | land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage; siltation of reservoirs; oil pollution of coastal waters |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, marine dumping, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands, whaling signed, but not ratified: environmental modification, law of the sea |
| Geography note | strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar |
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