!!!Algeria: Geography
||Location|Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
||Geographic Coordinates|28 00 N, 3 00 E[{GoogleMap location='28.0,3.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''2,381,741 sq km\\''land: ''2,381,741 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''6,734 km\\''border countries: ''Libya 989 km, Mali 1,359 km, Mauritania 460 km, Morocco 1,900 km, Niger 951 km, Tunisia 1,034 km, Western Sahara 41 km
||Coastline|998 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Chott Melrhir -40 m\\''highest point: ''Tahat 3,003 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Tahat 2918 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Tinra 2752 m; Tizoûyadj 2702 m; Hadedou 2612 m; Oul 2602 m; Issou 2543 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Africa/Algeria/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
||Natural Hazards|mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
||Land Use|''arable land: ''3.15%\\''permanent crops: ''0.38%\\''other: ''96.46% (2011)
||Climate|arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
||Irrigated Land|5,694 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|11.67 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Algiers; Wahran; Constantine; Batnah; Bab Azwar\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Algiers; Boumerdas; Oran; Tébessa; Constantine\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Algeria/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|largest country in Africa\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Africa/Algeria/Geography/Important_Rivers]