Hydrography
View of the waterfalls of Ouzoud , to 150 km of Marrakech
Morocco has many waterways (rivers and wadis) such as:
Bouregreg
Moulouya
Ouargha
Oum Errabiaa
Ourika
Sebou
Souss
Tensift
Draa
Major rivers such as the Bouregreg Oum Errabiaa the Moulouya and Sebu, have widely varying rates between seasons, and also from year to year. Many smaller streams (the wadis ) can even be dry part of the year (or years away in the pre-desert areas). The lack of water, but also the variability of flows, are a major problem for Morocco, particularly for agriculture (irrigated or not) ...
Wildlife
The diversity of wildlife is basically a treasure, but it is absolutely undermined by all sorts of destruction. Among some exceptional species include:
the waders
the egret
the isabelle Courvite
the flamingo
the Egyptian vulture
the golden eagle
the Barbary deer
the Barbary Squirrel
the dromedary
the hedgehog Algeria and desert hedgehog
the golden jackal threatened, he disappeared from entire regions ... In Morocco, it is confused with the wolf that does not exist in Africa.
the striped hyena , rapid extinction
the fennec , rare.
the fox Rüppell , very rare
the red fox
the caracal lynx , endangered.
the serval , threatened with extinction.
the panther . A person was killed three years ago in the High Atlas by a poacher. It is in immediate danger of extinction in total indifference.
the cheetah , endangered, it is extremely rare, individuals survive a Moroccan-Algerian border
the Dorcas gazelle and Cuvier's gazelle in scarcity
the loot , threatened by the slow death of the cedar forest and catch the traffickers.
the dolphin
subspecies of Egyptian cobra , Naja haje legionis or Cobra North Africa considerably rarefied and disappeared from entire regions victim shows inherited barbarous times still rampant in some hotels in Agadir and Also, and the Djemaa el-Fna in Marrakech, so-called benefit of tourists.
Many snakes and some vipers . Morocco, unlike local prejudices, most snakes are harmless (17 of 25 species) and several species of venomous snakes existing never attack.
a species of small burrowing boa Eryx jaculus
the sharks
thirty species of scorpions (new species are identified almost every year in Morocco), with only one or two are potentially dangerous to humans (eg. Androctonus mauritanicus ), especially for small children. However, a scorpion attack almost never.
The lion of the Atlas has disappeared (destroyed) in the wild, the last in 1943. However, although there are potentially mixed with the subspecies of sub-Saharan Africa about 90 different zoos in the world, including 35 in Rabat Zoo 52 . Recently discovered in caves near prints Ouarzazate indicate that crocodiles , of leopards and elephants lived in these places before their natural extinction or extermination by man. Similar carvings are also found in the Sahara. For cons, the birds are still relatively very present with a wide variety of species, although the red-necked ostrich , eg., was completely exterminated, the Sahara as the Houbara Bustard . A fairly large number of species of snakes (25, including 17 non-dangerous species! remaining eight others never attack and are less common), and lizards are present in Morocco, including a large percentage of endemic. However there are many endangered species. They are victims of ignorance, cruelty population and irresponsibility in ecology.
Flora
Cédraie 'region of Ifrane
Palmeraie of Marrakech
Morocco has a flora rich because of its strategic position, in fact it has two coastlines totaling more than 3 500 km , including 500 in Mediterranean receives thus the charged currents of the ocean rain accumulating against the mountain barrier of the Atlas which allows heavy rains to Rabat , Casablanca , Fez and the formation of snow in Ifrane and Azrou and the high peaks of the Atlas , while the south and east remain dry. Over 4500 species configure the Moroccan flora. Variations in climate and topography are fundamental to explain such a floral wealth. The botanical interest of Morocco is intense and only include the 2.5 million hectares of forest that contain:
the cedars
the palms
the cedar
of date palms
of almond
the fig
of olive
of acacias
of fruit
the oaks
the cork
the pines
the eucalyptus
the arbutus
alfa and endemic argan tree , which Morocco is the only country in the world to have this species and is World Heritage listed by UNESCO. The forest is about 15% of the total area.
View of the waterfalls of Ouzoud , to 150 km of Marrakech
Morocco has many waterways (rivers and wadis) such as:
Bouregreg
Moulouya
Ouargha
Oum Errabiaa
Ourika
Sebou
Souss
Tensift
Draa
Major rivers such as the Bouregreg Oum Errabiaa the Moulouya and Sebu, have widely varying rates between seasons, and also from year to year. Many smaller streams (the wadis ) can even be dry part of the year (or years away in the pre-desert areas). The lack of water, but also the variability of flows, are a major problem for Morocco, particularly for agriculture (irrigated or not) ...
Wildlife
The diversity of wildlife is basically a treasure, but it is absolutely undermined by all sorts of destruction. Among some exceptional species include:
the waders
the egret
the isabelle Courvite
the flamingo
the Egyptian vulture
the golden eagle
the Barbary deer
the Barbary Squirrel
the dromedary
the hedgehog Algeria and desert hedgehog
the golden jackal threatened, he disappeared from entire regions ... In Morocco, it is confused with the wolf that does not exist in Africa.
the striped hyena , rapid extinction
the fennec , rare.
the fox Rüppell , very rare
the red fox
the caracal lynx , endangered.
the serval , threatened with extinction.
the panther . A person was killed three years ago in the High Atlas by a poacher. It is in immediate danger of extinction in total indifference.
the cheetah , endangered, it is extremely rare, individuals survive a Moroccan-Algerian border
the Dorcas gazelle and Cuvier's gazelle in scarcity
the loot , threatened by the slow death of the cedar forest and catch the traffickers.
the dolphin
subspecies of Egyptian cobra , Naja haje legionis or Cobra North Africa considerably rarefied and disappeared from entire regions victim shows inherited barbarous times still rampant in some hotels in Agadir and Also, and the Djemaa el-Fna in Marrakech, so-called benefit of tourists.
Many snakes and some vipers . Morocco, unlike local prejudices, most snakes are harmless (17 of 25 species) and several species of venomous snakes existing never attack.
a species of small burrowing boa Eryx jaculus
the sharks
thirty species of scorpions (new species are identified almost every year in Morocco), with only one or two are potentially dangerous to humans (eg. Androctonus mauritanicus ), especially for small children. However, a scorpion attack almost never.
The lion of the Atlas has disappeared (destroyed) in the wild, the last in 1943. However, although there are potentially mixed with the subspecies of sub-Saharan Africa about 90 different zoos in the world, including 35 in Rabat Zoo 52 . Recently discovered in caves near prints Ouarzazate indicate that crocodiles , of leopards and elephants lived in these places before their natural extinction or extermination by man. Similar carvings are also found in the Sahara. For cons, the birds are still relatively very present with a wide variety of species, although the red-necked ostrich , eg., was completely exterminated, the Sahara as the Houbara Bustard . A fairly large number of species of snakes (25, including 17 non-dangerous species! remaining eight others never attack and are less common), and lizards are present in Morocco, including a large percentage of endemic. However there are many endangered species. They are victims of ignorance, cruelty population and irresponsibility in ecology.
Flora
Cédraie 'region of Ifrane
Palmeraie of Marrakech
Morocco has a flora rich because of its strategic position, in fact it has two coastlines totaling more than 3 500 km , including 500 in Mediterranean receives thus the charged currents of the ocean rain accumulating against the mountain barrier of the Atlas which allows heavy rains to Rabat , Casablanca , Fez and the formation of snow in Ifrane and Azrou and the high peaks of the Atlas , while the south and east remain dry. Over 4500 species configure the Moroccan flora. Variations in climate and topography are fundamental to explain such a floral wealth. The botanical interest of Morocco is intense and only include the 2.5 million hectares of forest that contain:
the cedars
the palms
the cedar
of date palms
of almond
the fig
of olive
of acacias
of fruit
the oaks
the cork
the pines
the eucalyptus
the arbutus
alfa and endemic argan tree , which Morocco is the only country in the world to have this species and is World Heritage listed by UNESCO. The forest is about 15% of the total area.
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