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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 .
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.
Rank Country Highest Summit Height Comments 1: Morocco: Toubkal: 4,165 meters: 2: Morocco: Ouanoukrim: 4,089 meters: 3: Morocco: M'Goun mountain: 4,071 metres: 4 ...
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 ...
The Sidu River Bridge in China is one of the world's highest bridges, soaring at a height of about 1,627 feet above the Sidu River Gorge. Completed in 2009, it was once the world's highest bridge ...
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 ...
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.
The range's highest peak is Toubkal, which is in central Morocco, with an elevation of 4,167 metres (13,671 ft). [2] The Atlas Mountains are primarily inhabited by Berber populations. [3] The terms for 'mountain' are Adrar and adras in some Berber languages, and these terms are believed to be cognates of the toponym Atlas.