沙海山缘 · MOUNTAIN EDGE
The Mountains Before the Sahara — Morocco · Atlas Mountains
阿特拉斯山脉横贯西北非约 2,500 公里，最高的图卜卡勒峰 4,167 米。它让摩洛哥同时拥有海岸城市、高谷地与沙漠边缘绿洲。
山脉在撒哈拉接管之前截住大西洋与地中海水汽。积雪、山口与干谷让马格里布不是一种地理，而是几种地理叠在一起。
The Atlas Mountains stretch about 2,500 km across northwest Africa and rise to Toubkal at 4,167 m. They help make Morocco a land of coastal cities, high valleys and desert-edge oases.
The range catches Atlantic and Mediterranean moisture before the Sahara takes over. Snow, passes and dry valleys gave the Maghreb not one geography, but several stacked close together.