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Definition of Atlas mountains
1. Noun. A mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia.
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Definition of Atlas mountains
1. Proper noun. A mountain range located in northwest Africa, occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlas Mountains
Literary usage of Atlas mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND MONTHLY RECORD OF GEOGRAPHY. A Journey
to Southern Morocco and the atlas mountains. By JOSEPH THOMSON. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1865)
"Account of a Journey across the atlas mountains and through the Oases Taat and
... atlas mountains."
3. Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting the Early by William Boyd Dawkins (1874)
"... or from 1000 to 2000 feet lower than the glacial covering of the inland range.
o The Glaciers of the atlas mountains. Similar traces of glaciers have ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Notes from the atlas mountains. By Jos. THOMSON. 8. Akkas and Dwarfs in Southern
Morocco. By RG HALIBURTON. 9. ..."
5. In the Desert by Lisle March Phillipps (1905)
"CHAPTER V BISKRA A desert port—The atlas mountains—" The door of the desert "—El
Kantara—Importance of Biskra—French officers—Fart played by the army—The ..."
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