Tell Atlas

...The country's land area is vast, about six times that of Japan, but the southern region, which accounts for about 85% of the land area, is desert, and the population and economic activity are concentrated in the northern region. In the northern region, there are two mountain ranges that run east-west along the Mediterranean Sea, the Tell Atlas and the Sahara Atlas, and in the southern region, the Ahaggar (Hoggar) Mountains. The Mediterranean coastal region has a typical Mediterranean climate with rain in the winter and dry summer, with an annual rainfall of over 600 mm, but as you go south across the mountains, the amount of rainfall decreases and the climate changes to a continental climate with a large temperature range.

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…国土面積は広大で日本の約6倍もあるが，その約85％を占める南部地方は砂漠であり，住民や経済活動は北部地方に集中している。北部地方には，地中海に沿って東西に走る二つの山脈，テル･アトラスTell Atlas山脈とサハラ･アトラスSahara Atlas山脈があり，また南部地方にはアハガル(ホガール)山地がある。　地中海沿岸地方は，冬雨夏乾の典型的な地中海性気候であり，年雨量が600mmをこえるが，山脈を越えて南下するにつれて雨量が低下し，また気温の較差が大きい大陸性気候に変わっていく。…

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