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Preferred term

North Africa  

Definition

  • A geographic region of the African continent south of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, and north of Africa's tropical rain forest, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and the Egyptian region west of the Suez Canal, and also the Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5692

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