High Atlas

The High Atlas is a mountain range in central Morocco and the highest part of the Atlas Mountains. It includes Mount Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak.

Mount Toubkal: Mount Toubkal is a 4,167-meter peak in Morocco and the highest mountain in North Africa. Its summit is the High Atlas’s highest point and a defining landmark.
Toubkal National Park: Toubkal National Park is a protected area in Morocco’s High Atlas centered on Mount Toubkal. Its protected landscapes encompass the range’s best-known high-altitude trekking area.
Atlas Mountains orogeny: The Atlas Mountains orogeny is the tectonic process that uplifted and deformed the Atlas ranges in North Africa. It accounts for the broad uplift that formed the High Atlas.
Middle Atlas: The Middle Atlas is a mountain range in north-central Morocco, north of the High Atlas. It is a lower, more northerly range within Morocco’s Atlas system.
Tizi n'Tichka: Tizi n'Tichka is a high mountain pass in Morocco crossing the High Atlas between Marrakech and Ouarzazate. The pass cuts across the range and carries a major road through it.
Toubkal Circuit: The Toubkal Circuit is a multi-day trekking route through villages and mountain terrain around Mount Toubkal. The route links High Atlas valleys, passes, and mountain refuges on foot.
African Plate: The African Plate is a major tectonic plate that underlies much of Africa and adjoining ocean floor. Its motion toward Eurasia helps drive deformation across the High Atlas.
Anti-Atlas: The Anti-Atlas is a mountain range in southern Morocco, south of the High Atlas. Its older, lower mountains contrast with the High Atlas’s high central peaks.
Ourika Valley: The Ourika Valley is a valley in Morocco’s High Atlas, southeast of Marrakech. Its river valley shows how settlements and routes occupy the range’s steep northern slopes.
Amazigh people: The Amazigh are Indigenous peoples of North Africa with distinct languages and regional cultures. Amazigh communities have long inhabited High Atlas valleys and shaped their cultural landscapes.

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