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Morocco spans from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean on the north and the west respectively, into large mountainous areas in the interior body, to the Sahara desert in the far south. Morocco is a Northern African country, located in the extreme north west of Africa on the doors of continental Europe. The strait of Gibraltar separates Spain off Morocco with a 13 km span of water. Morocco borders the North Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the west Mediterranean Sea to the north. The terrain of Morocco is largely mountainous. The Atlas Mountains stretch from the central north to the south west. It expands to about 1350 km and is the dorsal spine of the country. To the north of the Atlas Mountains, we have the Rif Mountains, a chain that makes part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Andalusia, Spain. The massive range expands to about 250 km from Tangier in the west to Nador eastward. In the west of the country, along the Atlantic coast, rich coastal plains stretch from Tangier to Agadir, about 800 km long, and get inward to Saiss Plains near Fes and Tansift-Alhaouz near Marrakech. These vast plains promotes fertile agricultural lands and support 15% of the local economy. In the extreme South-East of the country, the lands are arid, due to their proximity to the Sahara desert of Algeria. Palm trees oasis are developed in many regions, notably in Figuig and Zagora. ==Geography statistics== Coordinates: Map references: Africa Area: ''total:'' 446,550 km² (excluding Western Sahara), 710,850 km² (including Western Sahara) ''land:'' 446,300 km² (or 710,600 km²) ''water:'' 250 km² Area - comparative: Morocco without Western Sahara is slightly larger than California; slightly larger than Newfoundland and Labrador; slightly more than half the size of New South Wales province of Australia; slightly less than twice the size of the United Kingdom Morocco, including Western Sahara, is slightly larger than Texas Land boundaries: ''total:'' 2,017.9 km ''border countries:'' Algeria 1 559 km, Mauritania (''de facto'') 1561 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km Coastline: 1835 km (excluding Western Sahara's coast) 2945 km (including Western Sahara's coast) Maritime claims: ''Territorial sea:'' ''Contiguous zone:'' ''Exclusive economic zone:'' ''Continental shelf:'' 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of Morocco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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