Physical Geography of North Africa

Physical Geography of North Africa

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is the landform that runs through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

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How has the Aswān High Dam had an adverse effect on human health?

• It contaminated underground water sources by drawing in salt water from the sea.

• It caused a build up of soil contaminated by raw sewage and oil by-products.

• It created new ecosystems in which diseases such as malaria flourished.

• It discharged raw sewage and other wastes into Lake Nasser.

Multiple Choice

What do Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya have in common?

• They average less than 10 inches of rain a year.

• They average less than 14 inches of rain a year.

• They have both an arid and semi-arid climate.

• They have a mild Mediterranean climate along the coast.