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It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a mountainous region with more than 100,000 km 2, 15 percent of its landmass, rising above 2,000 metres. The Middle Atlas is the northernmost and second highest of three main Atlas Mountains chains of Morocco. To south, separated by the Moulouya and Um Er-Rbiâ rivers, lies the High Atlas.
It consists of mountain ranges in the west and a steep area inland. In the east is the Syrian Desert and in the south is the Jabal al-Druze Range. The former is bisected by the Euphrates valley. A dam built in 1973 on the Euphrates created a reservoir named Lake Assad, the largest lake in Syria.
Jordan and Israel Topographic map. The Jordanian Highlands is a mountain range in Jordan. It extends north and south through the western portion of the country, between the Red Sea-Dead Sea depression to the west and a plateau to the east. The highlands are home to most of Jordan's population and large cities.
Terrains in the area can be divided into three main types: the large arid desert covering most of it, the fertile south and north, and finally the high mountains of the Atlas, Ahaggar, Zagros and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, along with the Hijaz Mountain range.
Geography of the Middle East — a region of Western Asia and Egypt in North Africa. ... Maps of the Middle East (5 C) Populated places in the Middle East (26 C, 1 P) +
The U.A.E. is not a mountainous country, as most of its territory is desert or semi-desert and relatively flat, but it does have excellent mountains, which are part of the Hajar Mountains, [1] located in the northeast of Oman and east of the U.A.E., [2] which are the highest in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. [3]
This is a list of the highest summits located in the Arab world of the Middle East. Summits. Toubkal mountain. Rank Country Highest Summit Height Comments 1: Morocco ...
The western range, the second major region, is the Lebanon Mountains, sometimes called Mount Lebanon, or Lebanon proper before 1920. [1] Since Roman days the term Mount Lebanon has encompassed this area. [1] Antilibanos (Anti-Lebanon) was used to designate the eastern range. [1] Geologists believe that the twin mountains once formed one range. [1]