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Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains(جبال اطلس) are a mountain range in northwest Africa
extending about 2,400 km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and
Tunisia, and including The Rock of Gibraltar. The highest peak is Jbel
Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,167 m (13,665 feet) located at 31°03′43″N,
7°54′58″W in southwestern Morocco. The second highest mountain is the
M'Goun of 4071 meters. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and
Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The population of the Atlas
mountains are mainly Berber in Morocco and Arab in Algeria.
Because North America, Europe and Africa were connected eons ago, the
Atlas mountains are believed to have originally been formed as part of
Alleghenian orogeny. These mountains were formed when Africa and America
collided, and were once a chain far higher than today's Himalaya. Today,
the remains of this chain can be seen in the Fall line in the eastern
United States. Some remnants can also be found in the later formed
Appalachians in North America. The Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain were
similarly formed in this continental collision.
The mountains are divided into the Grand Atlas of Morocco, which
includes the Middle Atlas, High Atlas and Anti-Atlas. The lower Tell
Atlas running near the coast and the larger Saharan Atlas running
further south are located in Algeria.
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Mountain Guide
Bassou
Chabou is a certified mountain and desert guide by the Training
Centre to Mountain Experience & Mountain Guiding, Morocco, and also
has a 2nd diploma on the CENTER of EDUCATION of the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of HIGH-ALPS,
CRET, Briacon
France.
Bessou Chabou provides all mountain/desert guidance in all Moroccan
best trekking, mountain regions: Massif Marqui, Toubkal, Saghrou,
High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Taroudant region, "Le circuit d'amandes" The
Almond Circuit, "Le circuit de carthame" (The Safflower Circuit).
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