Atlas Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in NW Africa, extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Highest peak, Mt. Tizi, 14,764 feet (4,500 meters).

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Atlas Mountains British  

plural noun

1. a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)

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Example Sentences

"In the region there's not a high rate of seismic activity, so we don't have a great idea of what the 'common' characteristics are of large earthquakes in the Atlas Mountains," said U.S.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

On Sept. 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, killing over 2,900 people.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The crowned and bearded man is pictured holding a compass to the nearby Atlas Mountains in North Africa.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

After years of drought, water finally came to one parched region of the Atlas Mountains in northern Morocco last month, freed from the ground by the earthquake that killed thousands and devastated whole villages.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Atlas Mountains, 17, 19, 20, 22, 30-32, 34, 35, 157, 158.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.