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    Algeria Geography - 2006

    https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/algeria/algeria_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      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
      land: 2,381,740 sq km
      water: 0 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: 3.17%
      permanent crops: 0.28%
      other: 96.55% (2005)

      Irrigated land:
      5,690 sq km (2003)

      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, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, 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)


      NOTE: The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Algeria Geography 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria Geography 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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