Introduction
The Moroccan coast is about 2,500 km in length, extending more than 350 km from the Algerian border westward along the Mediterranean Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, then southwest along the Atlantic Ocean (Fig. 12.5.1 ). The Mediterranean coasts border the Rif Mountains and the Tangiers Peninsula. Lengthened considerably (by another 1,400 km) since the annexation of the Western Sahara in 1976, the Atlantic coasts between the Rharb and the Anti-Atlas (which is, truly speaking, Atlantic Morocco) have been the subject of many studies. The coasts of Saharan Morocco are still little known.
Structure and predominant coastal landforms of Morocco. (Courtesy Geostudies.)
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Scheffers, A. (2010). Morocco. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_160
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