{"id":14610,"date":"2023-09-13T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T04:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14610"},"modified":"2025-04-02T21:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T16:19:40","slug":"high-atlas-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/high-atlas-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"High Atlas Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About High Atlas Mountains<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The High Atlas Mountains, often referred to simply as the\u00a0<strong>High Atlas, is a prominent mountain range in North Africa, primarily located in Morocco.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The High Atlas Mountains are\u00a0<strong>part of the Atlas Mountain range<\/strong>, which stretches\u00a0<strong>across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>extends northeastward for 1000km from the Atlantic Coast to the Moroccan-Algerian border.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geography<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>They are characterized by their\u00a0<strong>rugged and steep terrain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are known for their\u00a0<strong>high peaks, deep valleys, and extensive plateaus<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The range includes\u00a0<strong>several peaks over 4,000 meters<\/strong> (13,000 feet) in elevation, with\u00a0<strong>Mount Toubkal being the highest at approximately 4,167 meters<\/strong> (13,671 feet).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural Significance:<\/strong> They have cultural significance in Morocco. The region is\u00a0<strong>inhabited by Berber communities,\u00a0<\/strong>and traditional\u00a0<strong>Berber villages can be found throughout the mountains.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate Divide:<\/strong> Its saw-toothed Jurassic\u00a0<strong>peaks act as a weather barrier between the mild, Mediterranean climate to the north and the encroaching Sahara to the south.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key Facts about Morocco:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the\u00a0<strong>northwest corner of Africa<\/strong> and is\u00a0<strong>bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Land Borders<\/strong>: It shares land borders with\u00a0<strong>Algeria to the east and southeast and Western Sahara to the south.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>High Atlas Mountains separate the mild coastline from the harsh Sahara<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sahara Desert:<\/strong> A\u00a0<strong>significant part of Morocco is covered by the Sahara Desert<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong>: Morocco has a\u00a0<strong>diverse climate<\/strong>, ranging from the M<strong>editerranean along the coast to desert in the interior.<\/strong> The country experiences\u00a0<strong>hot summers and mild winters in most regions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was a\u00a0<strong>French protectorate between 1912 and 1956.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Rabat<\/strong>, which is located on the Atlantic coast.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Largest City<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Casablanca<\/strong> is the largest city in Morocco and serves as its economic and business hub.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Official Languages<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Arabic and Amazigh (Berber)<\/strong> are the official languages of Morocco.\u00a0<strong>French is also widely spoken<\/strong> and used in business and government.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Government<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Morocco is a\u00a0<strong>constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>King Mohammed VI has been the reigning monarch since 1999.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Epicenter of an Earthquake?<\/h3>\n<p>Epicenter is the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts. Focus (aka Hypocenter) is the location on the Earth where the earthquake starts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/what-caused-moroccos-earthquake-a-geologist-studying-the-atlas-mountains-explains\/article67298571.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>What caused Morocco\u2019s earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Atlas Mountains, often referred to simply as the High Atlas, is a prominent mountain range in North Africa, primarily located in Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}