!!!Morocco: Geography
||Location|Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
||Geographic Coordinates|32 00 N, 5 00 W[{GoogleMap location='32.0,-5.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''446,550 sq km\\''land: ''446,300 sq km\\''water: ''250 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 446550\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 446550\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 446550\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 446550\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 442300\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 446550''__\\__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]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,020.5 km\\''border countries: ''Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 8 km, Spain (Melilla) 10.5 km\\''__note:__ ''an additional 75-meter border segment exists between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Penon de Velez de la Gomera
||Coastline|1,835 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Sebkha Tah -55 m\\''highest point: ''Jebel Toubkal 4,165 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]: Toubkal 4167 m; Timesguida 4089 m; Ras N'ouanoukrim 4083 m; M'Goun 4068 m; Jbel Mgoum 4065 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Jebel Toubkal 4167 m; Ouanoukrim 4080 m; Ighil Mgoun 4068 m; Jbel n’ Nig Oumassine 3883 m; Aksoual 3842 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/Morocco/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains
||Natural Hazards|northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts
||Natural Resource|phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
||Land Use|''arable land: ''17.79%\\''permanent crops: ''2.6%\\''other: ''79.61% (2011)
||Climate|Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
||Irrigated Land|14,850 sq km (2004)
||Renewable Water Resources|29 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage; siltation of reservoirs; oil pollution of coastal waters
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Environmental Modification
||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]: Casablanca; Rabat; Fez; Marrakech; Agadir\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Casablanca; Rabat; Fès; Sale; Marrakesh\\\\\__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/Morocco/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar