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Map showing the Atlas Mountains across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in North Africa, with color shading to indicate elevation changes. Major mountain ranges, cities, rivers, and physical features such as the High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Saharan Atlas, and surrounding deserts are labeled. An inset locator map highlights the region's position in northern Africa.

Snow-capped, rugged Atlas Mountains encircle a green valley with scattered trees, terraced fields, and a few small buildings in Morocco.

Snow-dusted Toubkal peak rises above rugged slopes in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco under a clear sky, with a forested area at the base.

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Snow-capped, rugged Atlas Mountains encircle a green valley with scattered trees, terraced fields, and a few small buildings in Morocco.

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Map showing the Atlas Mountains across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in North Africa, with color shading to indicate elevation changes. Major mountain ranges, cities, rivers, and physical features such as the High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Saharan Atlas, and surrounding deserts are labeled. An inset locator map highlights the region's position in northern Africa.

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The Atlas Mountains.

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Snow-capped, rugged Atlas Mountains encircle a green valley with scattered trees, terraced fields, and a few small buildings in Morocco.

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The rugged Atlas Mountains surround a valley in Morocco.

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Snow-dusted Toubkal peak rises above rugged slopes in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco under a clear sky, with a forested area at the base.

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Toubkal peak (top right) in the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

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