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The Tidirhine is the highest mountain of the Rif Range.It is an ultra-prominent peak that rises above the town of Ketama, now known as Issaguen, in an area known for the hospitality of the local Berber people, as well as for cannabis cultivation. [5]
Rif mountains in the province of Ashawen Moroccan Mediterranean coast – aerial view west from Bades over El Jebha to Tétouan with Rif mountains, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (2014) According to C. Michael Hogan, there are between five and eight separate subpopulations of the endangered primate Barbary macaque , Macaca sylvanus . [ 14 ]
The mountain ranges that are part of this system are generally aligned \along a southwest-northeast direction. [ 1 ] The best-known range of the Baetic System is the Sierra Nevada , which contains the Mulhacén , the highest mountain in continental Spain and in the Iberian Peninsula .
The early Islamic history of the Rif, through the Emirate of Nekor established by Salih ibn Mansur of the Nefzaoua Berbers and which lasted from pre-Idrisid until Almoravid times with the fall of the Madinat al-Nakur (710–1108 CE). This part of the history seems to be well documented, but when the Berber dynasty of Almoravids started ruling ...
A view of the Rif mountains in Tétouan. The city is situated about 60 km east of the city of Tangier and 40 km south of the Strait of Gibraltar. To the south and west of the city, there are mountains. Tétouan is situated in the middle of a belt of orchards that grow oranges, almonds, pomegranates, and cypress trees.
Jebel Musa (Arabic: جبل موسى, Jabal Mūsā; Berber languages: Adrar n Musa; meaning "Mount Moses") is a mountain in the northernmost part of Morocco, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is part of the Rif mountain chain. The mountain is generally identified as the southern Pillar of Hercules, Mons Abila (Mount Abila or Abyla).
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... The Rif — a major mountain range and region in northeastern Morocco
The terrain of Morocco is largely mountainous. The Atlas Mountains stretch from the central north to the southwest. It expands to about 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) and is the dorsal spine of the country. To the north of the Atlas Mountains, there are the Rif Mountains, a chain that makes part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Andalusia, Spain.