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Anti-Atlas
Sign in to saveThe Anti-Atlas, also known as Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas, is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest toward the northeast, to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt, altogether a distance of approximately 500 km. The range borders on the Sahara to the south.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Anti-Atlas
- Mountain.other_name
- Aṭlas Mẓẓiyn
- Mountain.photo
- Panorama Djebel el Kest.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- A section of the Anti-Atlas near Tafraout. The peak in the background is Djebel el Kest.
- Mountain.highest
- Jbel Sirwa
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3304
- Mountain.map_image
- Atlas-Mountains-Labeled-2.jpg
- Mountain.map_caption
- Map of Northwest Africa with the Anti-Atlas in the lower left corner.
- Mountain.map_size
- 280
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.country
- Morocco
- Mountain.parent
- Atlas Mountains
- Mountain.period
- Paleozoic
- Mountain.orogeny
- Alleghenian
- Mountain.length_km
- 800
- Mountain.length_orientation
- ENE/WSW
- Mountain.width_km
- 180
- Mountain.width_orientation
- NNW/SSE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Official name
- Aṭlas Ameẓyan
- Country
- Morocco
- Continent
- Africa
- Area
- 116587
- Elevation
- 3304
- Highest point
- Jbel Siroua
- Material used
- basalt
- Image
- Atlas-Mountains-Labeled-2.jpg
- Width
- 180
- Length
- 670
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- Commons category
- Anti-Atlas
- topic's main category
- Category:Anti-Atlas
- mountain range
- Atlas Mountains
- time period
- Paleozoic
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Subranges
- Origins
- Climate
- Flora
- Human geography
- Panoramic view
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Anti-Atlas, also known as Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas, is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest toward the northeast, to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt, altogether a distance of approximately 500 km. The range borders on the Sahara to the south.
In some contexts, the Anti-Atlas is considered separate from the Atlas Mountains system, as the prefix "anti" (i.e. opposite) implies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anti-Atlas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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