Algeria

arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer

mostly high plateau and desert; Atlas Mountains in the far north and Hoggar Mountains in the south; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia

998 km

13,819 sq km (2019)

Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System, Murzuk-Djado Basin, North Western Sahara Aquifer, Taoudeni-Tanezrouft Basin

Africa

mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season; droughts

largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 5,000 to 11,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated

petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

28 00 N, 3 00 E

the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast