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    Algeria Geography - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/algeria/algeria_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2003 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
      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: exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 NM
      territorial sea: 12 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: 3.21%
      permanent crops: 0.21%
      other: 96.58% (1998 est.)


      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: Nuclear Test Ban


      Geography - note: second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

      NOTE: The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria Geography 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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