Ubicación: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia

Cordenadas Geográficas: 28 00 N, 3 00 E

Referencias en el mapa: Africa

Area:
total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparativo: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

Fronteras:
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

Costa: 998 km

Demandas Marítimas:
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Clima: 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

Terreno: mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

Recursos Naturales: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 3%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 13%
forests and woodland: 2%
other: 82% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 5,550 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mud slides

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: 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

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
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: Nuclear Test Ban

Nota - geografía: second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)