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Tabular Data - Geography of Algeria
| Location : |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia |
| Geographic Coordinates : |
28 00 N, 3 00 E |
| Map References : |
Africa |
| Area : |
total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area - Comparative : |
slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas |
| Land Boundaries : |
total: 6,343 km
border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km |
| Coastline : |
998 km |
| Maritime Claims : |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm |
| 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 |
| Terrain : |
mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| Elevation Extremes : |
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m |
| Natural Resources : |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc |
| Land Use : |
arable land: 3.22%
permanent crops: 0.25%
other: 96.53% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land : |
5,600 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards : |
mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season |
| Environment - Current Issues : |
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, 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 |
| Geography - Note : |
Second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan). |
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