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Introduction - Morocco: | Location - Morocco: | 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
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | | 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: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m | | Natural resources | phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt | | Land use | arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 2%
other: 79% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 14,450 sq km (2003) | | 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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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |