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In addition to Morocco, the Atlas Mountains extend across which two other North African countries?
Answer
Algeria and Tunisia
The Atlas Mountains form a roughly 1,600-mile chain running through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, separating the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.
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The Atlas Mountains' highest peak, Mount Toubkal, sits in Morocco but the range stretches into Algeria and Tunisia—yet most people only associate it with North Africa generically.
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- Libya and Egypt
- Mauritania and Western Sahara
- Egypt and Sudan
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