Ubicación: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara

Cordenadas Geográficas: 32 00 N, 5 00 W

Referencias en el mapa: Africa

Area:
total: 446,550 sq km
land: 446,300 sq km
water: 250 sq km

Area - comparativo: slightly larger than California

Fronteras:
total: 2,017.9 km
border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Costa: 1,835 km

Demandas Marítimas:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Clima: Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior

Terreno: northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m

Recursos Naturales: phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 47%
forests and woodland: 20%
other: 11% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 12,580 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage; siltation of reservoirs; oil pollution of coastal waters

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea

Nota - geografía: strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar