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Toubkal (Arabic: توبقال, romanized: tūbqāl, pronounced), also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, is a mountain in southwestern Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park. At 4,167 m (13,671 ft), it is the highest peak in Morocco, the Atlas Mountains , North Africa and the Arab world .
Lake Ifni (Arabic:Dayet Ifni) is a green lake located in the soil of Toubkal National Park, in the Moroccan Toubkal (commune), deep in the High Atlas mountain range, with a continental climate, and directly overlooked by the highest peak in North Africa, which is the summit of Mount Toubkal. The lake is distinguished by its steep slopes, its ...
Toubkal National Park is a national park in the High Atlas mountain range, 70 kilometres from Marrakesh in central-western Morocco. Established in 1942, it covers an area of 380 km 2 . Jbel Toubkal is the highest peak of the park at 4,167 metres.
Jbel Toubkal in Toubkal National Park. In the west lies the oldest portion of the range. Its high point is the Jbel Toubkal, which is visible from the city of Marrakech. Jbel Toubkal lies in the Toubkal national park, which was created in 1942. The massif consists of Jurassic and Cretaceous formations notched by deep erosion-carved valleys.
Cantilevered high over the Tarn gorge in southern France, and yawning 2,460 meters (8,070 feet) in length, the Millau Viaduct is the world’s tallest bridge, with a structural height of 336.4 ...
Aroumd is the highest village in the Ait Mizane Valley and so forms a good base for summitting Mount Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa. The route into Toubkal passes by Aroumd which is in Toubkal National Park .
A map showing the location of the Atlas Mountains across North Africa. The basement rock of most of Africa was formed during the Precambrian supereon and is much older than the Atlas Mountains lying on the continent. The Atlas was formed during three subsequent phases of Earth's geology.
Oukaïmeden (Berber language: Ukayemdan) is a ski resort in the Atlas Mountains near the Toubkal mountain, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-southeast of Marrakesh, Morocco. The skiing area is at an altitude of between 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) and 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) and has six ski lifts. There are some hotels and ski rental facilities nearby.