Morocco

Location	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
Geographic coordinates	32 00 N, 5 00 W
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 446,550 sq km land: 446,300 sq km water: 250 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly larger than California
Land boundaries	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
Coastline	1,835 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
Terrain	northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m
Natural resources	phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
Land use	arable land: 19% permanent crops: 2% other: 79% (2005)
Irrigated land	14,570 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	29 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 12.6 cu km/yr (10%/3%/87%) per capita: 400 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts
Environment - current issues	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
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Geography - note	strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar