Atlas Mountains

North African mountain range
Place mountain_range Q130135
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The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range spanning approximately 2,500 kilometers across northwestern Africa. Their elevation reaches up to 4,200 meters. The range extends through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

These mountains form a natural barrier between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert. They are divided into several sub-ranges, including the High Atlas, Middle Atlas, and Anti-Atlas.

Atlas Mountains

Summary

Atlas Mountains is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,295 views/month, #18 of 2,807).[2]

Key Facts

  • Atlas Mountains is in the country of Morocco[3].
  • Atlas Mountains is in the country of Algeria[4].
  • Atlas Mountains is in the country of Tunisia[5].
  • Atlas Mountains's image is recorded as Atlas mountains.jpg[6].
  • Atlas Mountains's continent is recorded as Africa[7].
  • Atlas Mountains's instance of is recorded as mountain range[8].
  • Atlas Mountains's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315125605[9].
  • Atlas Mountains's GND ID is recorded as 4003394-6[10].
  • Atlas Mountains's locator map image is recorded as AtlasRange.jpg[11].
  • Atlas Mountains's locator map image is recorded as Atlas-Mountains-Labeled-2.jpg[12].
  • Atlas Mountains's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85009230[13].
  • Atlas Mountains's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13319258b[14].
  • Atlas Mountains's location is recorded as North Africa[15].
  • Atlas Mountains's part of is recorded as Alpide belt[16].
  • Atlas Mountains's Commons category is recorded as Atlas Mountains[17].
  • Atlas Mountains's highest point is recorded as Jbel Toubkal[18].
  • Atlas Mountains's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.061944444444446, 'lon': -7.916111111111111}[19].
  • Atlas Mountains's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0crpc[20].
  • Atlas Mountains's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge311219[21].
  • Atlas Mountains's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atlas Mountains[22].
  • Atlas Mountains's Commons gallery is recorded as Atlas Mountains[23].
  • Atlas Mountains's page banner is recorded as Atlas Mountains banner.jpg[24].
  • Atlas Mountains's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX456066[25].
  • Atlas Mountains's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0005975[26].
  • Atlas Mountains's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Morocco[3], a constitutional monarchy[28], in Morocco[29], founded in 1956[30]; Algeria[4], a sovereign state[31], in Algeria[32], founded in 1962[33]; and Tunisia[5], a country[34], in Tunisia[35], founded in 1956[36]. Atlas Mountains's continent is recorded as Africa[7]. Its part of is recorded as Alpide belt[16].

Physical Characteristics

Atlas Mountains's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4165'}[37]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2550'}[38].

Designation and Status

Atlas Mountains's instance of is recorded as mountain range[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Atlas Mountains include Atlas (Amazigh)[39], a language family[40], in Morocco[41].

Why It Matters

Atlas Mountains ranks in the top 0.64% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,295 views/month, #18 of 2,807).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Atlas (Amazigh)[39], a language family[40], in Morocco[41].

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  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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