Atlas Mountains

The Atlas Mountains ‎ is a mountain range transversely a northern stretch of Africa extending concerning 2,400 km (1,500 miles) all the way through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The uppermost climax is Jbel Toubkal, with a distance from the ground of 4,167 metres (13,671 ft) in southwestern Morocco. The second highest mountain is the M'Goun of 4,071 metres (13,356 ft). The Atlas ranges divide the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The inhabitants of the Atlas Mountains are mostly Berber tribes in Morocco and kabyles in Algeria. The vocabulary for ‘mountain’ in several Berber languages is adrar and adras, believed to be similar with the toponym.

The mountains are alienated into extra and separate ranges, as well as the Middle Atlas, High Atlas, and Anti-Atlas. The lower Tell Atlas organization close to the coast and the larger Saharan Atlas running more south terminate in the Aurès Mountains situated in Algeria and Tunisia. The Atlas Mountains compose one of the discrete physiographic provinces of the larger African Alpine System division.