Algerian Geography and Nature
Land, Climate and Borders
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- Which statement about the size of Algeria is correct?
- Which list names all of Algeria's land neighbours?
- About how much of Algeria's territory lies in the Sahara?
- Which is the highest mountain in Algeria?
- Which peak is the highest in the northern, Mediterranean half of Algeria?
- Which salt basin in north-eastern Algeria lies about 40 metres below sea level?
- Which high steppe region lies between the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas?
- What is the local term for the sand-dune seas of the Sahara?
- Which massif lies around the city of Tamanrasset?
- Which river is Algeria's longest, flowing into the Mediterranean near Mostaganem?
- About how long is Algeria's Mediterranean coastline?
- Which climate type covers Algeria's northern coast?
- What is the hot, dry southerly wind from the Sahara called locally?
- Which mountain range in Kabylie rises to Lalla Khadidja?
- Which massif in eastern Algeria is the homeland of the Chaoui people, with Batna at its edge?
- Which sea borders Algeria to the north?
- On which bay does the capital Algiers stand?
- Which valley around Ghardaïa holds five fortified towns of the Ibadi community?
- Which Saharan town is nicknamed the city of a thousand domes?
- Which two countries lie along Algeria's eastern border?
- What does the name Maghreb mean in Arabic?
- Which south-western province, with a town of the same name, borders Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania?
- Which branch of the Atlas runs just south of the coast and includes the Blida and Ouarsenis ranges?
- What is a hamada in the Sahara?
- Which sandstone plateau in the south-east, carved by wind into stone forests, is famous for its prehistoric rock art?
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