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Morocco Cities with Hotels
 Morocco (Arabic Al Mamlakah al Maghribìyah), hereditary monarchy, bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east and southeast by
Algeria, on the south by Western Sahara, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The southeastern boundary, in the Sahara, is not precisely defined. Within Morocco are the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, on the Mediterranean coast. Several small islands off the northern coast of Morocco are also possessions of Spain. From 1912 to 1956 Morocco itself was divided into French and Spanish protectorates. The area of Morocco is about 446,550 sq km (about 172,413 sq mi). Since 1979 Morocco has also occupied the adjacent region known as Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara).
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Morocco
Land and Resources
Morocco has the broadest plains and the highest mountains in
North Africa. The country has four main physiographic regions: an area of
highlands, called Er Rif, paralleling the Mediterranean coast; the Atlas
Mountains, extending across the country in a southwestern to northeastern
direction between the Atlantic Ocean and Er Rif, from which the mountains
are separated by the Taza Depression; a region of broad coastal plains along
the Atlantic Ocean, framed in the arc formed by Er Rif and the Atlas
Mountains; and the plains and valleys south of the Atlas Mountains, which
merge with the Sahara along the southeastern borders of the country.
Most
Moroccans inhabit the Atlantic coastal plain. The highest mountain is Jebel
Toubkal (4165 m/13,665 ft), in the Grand Atlas range. Elevations in Er Rif
attain heights of about 2440 m (about 8000 ft). Morocco has many rivers,
which, although unimportant for navigation, are used for irrigation and for
generating electric power. The chief rivers are the Moulouya, which drains
into the Mediterranean Sea, and the Sebou, which flows into the Atlantic
Ocean.
Climate
Along the Mediterranean, Morocco has a subtropical climate,
tempered by oceanic influences that give the coastal cities moderate
temperatures. At Essaouira (Mogador), for example, temperatures average
16.4° C (61.5° F) in January and 22.5° C (72.5° F) in August. Toward the
interior, winters are colder and summers warmer. Thus, in Fes the mean
temperature is 10° C (50° F) in January and 26.9° C (80.5° F) in August. At
high altitudes temperatures of less than -17.8° C (0° F) are not uncommon,
and mountain peaks are covered with snow during most of the year. Rain falls
mainly during the winter months. Precipitation is heaviest in the northwest
and lightest in the east and south. The average annual precipitation is
about 955 mm (about 37.5 in) in Tanger, 430 mm (17 in) in Casablanca, 280
mm (11 in) in Essaouira, and less than 102 mm (4 in) in the Sahara.
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