101. Libya Environment | Lonely Planet World Guide libya Northeastern libya, the Jebel Akhdar area (also known as the Green Mountains), is the most verdant and arguably the most beautiful part of the country. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/libya/environment.htm

home search help worldguide ... Postcards Libya Environment In the middle of Mediterranean North Africa, Libya is surrounded by Chad and Niger to the south, Egypt and the Sudan to the east and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. A bit smaller than the US state of Alaska and more than three times the size of France, the country clocks in as the fourth largest country in Africa. Within its boundaries, Libya is divided into three main regions: Tripolitania covers the north-western corner of the country, the Fezzan everything south of Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica the entire eastern half. Each of these divisions is further subdivided by several large municipalities. Only a narrow coastal strip receives enough rainfall to be suitable for agriculture, and it's here that you'll find the capital city, Tripoli, as well as 90% of the population. North-eastern Libya, the Jebel Akhdar area (also known as the Green Mountains), is the most verdant and arguably the most beautiful part of the country. Its interior, on the other hand, is largely uninhabited desert peppered with small oasis communities. In the extreme south are the Tibesti and Tassili mountains of the central Sahara, while the Calanscio Sand Sea, a vast area of shifting sand dunes, lies in the east near the Egyptian border. The Murzuk and Ubari sand seas lie in the west. There are no permanent rivers in Libya, only

102. Welcome To Libya Geographic coordinates 25 00 N, 17 00 E. name conventional long form Socialist People s libyan Arab Jamahiriya conventional short form libya local long form http://www.middleeastnews.com/Libya.html

www.MiddleEastNews.com www.MiddleEasNews.com Welcome to Libya Map of Libya Map of Libya Introduction Geography ... Links Be a sponsor! click here SPONSOR Geography [Top of Page] Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia Geographic coordinates: 25 00 N, 17 00 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 1,759,540 sq km land: 1,759,540 sq km water: sq km slightly larger than Alaska Land boundaries: total: 4,383 km border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,150 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km Coastline: 1,770 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm note: Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior Terrain: mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions Elevation extremes: lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum Land use: arable land: permanent crops: permanent pastures: forests and woodland: other: 91% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 4,700 sq km (1993 est.)

103. NITLE Arab World Project However, it also applies to past tensions with Tunisia over the Jafara plain and the Ghadames tripoint; to tensions between libya and Niger over Toummo oasis http://arabworld.nitle.org/texts.php?module_id=4&reading_id=119&sequence=1

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