Saharan Atlas
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The Saharan Atlas is a sub-range of the Atlas Mountains, located primarily in Algeria with its eastern end in Tunisia. Although not as tall as the High Atlas of Morocco its summits are more imposing t
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Sahara
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The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres, it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts
Saharan Atlas
…wet periods, respectively draining the Amour and Ouled-Naïl ranges of the Saharan Atlas. The Saharan Atlas Mountains mark the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. The mountains see some rainfall and are better suited to agriculture than the plateau region to the north. Today most of the population of the region…
The Sahara taken by Apollo 17 astronauts, 1972
An oasis in the Ahaggar Mountains
Sand dunes in the Algerian Sahara
Camel train at sunset in the Sahara