Atlas Mountains facts for kids
The Atlas Mountains (Amazigh: Idurar n Watlas, Arabic: جبال الأطلس) are a mountain range in northwest Africa. They extend about 2,400 km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Tougkal, with an elevation of 4,167 metres (13,671 ft) in southwestern Morocco. The second highest mountain is the M'Goun of 4071 meters. The southwestern part is called "Anti-Atlas".
The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. Most of the people living in the Atlas Mountains are part of Berber tribes in Morocco and in Algeria.
The mountains are named after the ancient Greek Titan, Atlas.
Images for kids
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The tectonic boundary
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Satellite photograph of the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains. North is at the bottom; the city of Goulmima can be seen at center left.
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High Atlas, Morocco
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Panoramic picture of the artificial lake of Lalla Takerkoust near Barrage Cavagnac, with the hydroelectric dam (far right)
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Panoramic view of typical Berber village in the Moroccan part of the High Atlas
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Snow on Atlas Mountains in Morocco on 9 January 2019
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Northern slopes of Djebel Akouker (2184m) in the Djurdjura range (Tell Atlas, Algeria)
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Aures Mountains
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A male Barbary lion photographed in Algeria by Alfred Edward Pease in 1893.
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Mixed forest (Atlas cedar, oaks, ash trees) in the Blidean Atlas, South of Algiers.
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See also
In Spanish: Cordillera del Atlas para niños
