Not all of Morocco is a desert. The southwestern portion of the country is blanketed by the Sahara Desert. Moroccan Sahara is one of the largest deserts in the world. The northeastern part of Morocco has other geographic features.

The landscapes of Morocco has a wide range of mountains with slopes that gradually transition into plateaus and valleys. In the central part of the country, there are the Atlas Mountains that have Jebel Toubkal as the highest peak standing 13,664 feet above sea level. These mountains are divided into 3 Atlases, the High, the Middle, and the Anti Atlas. The High Atlas Mountains contain an impressive valley where you would fall in love with the rivers and waterfalls. There you can enjoy doing many activities like hiking, mountain biking, and skiing in the beautiful village of Oukaimeden, which is known as the best skiing resort in Morocco. The variety of natural structures in the Atlas Mountains will make adventure lovers more excited to come back to this place again and explore more.

The Rif Mountains make up the northern edge, they extend from Tangier in the west to the Moulouya River in the east, and the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Ouargha in the south, and these mountains are the most majestic of Morocco landforms.

Morocco Sahara has beautiful orange dunes where you can enjoy sunrise/sunset camel trekking. Still, you will find it more amazing to explore the sands of the Mediterranean coast beaches. By visiting Morocco, you will have a fantastic time enjoying the smell of the sea, the sound of the waves, and the warmth of the evening sun on your skin, doing activities like horse riding on the beach or windsurfing and other water sports like paragliding, and quad biking. Or having fun swimming in the long clean beaches, and enjoy the tranquillity lying on the sand of most of the coastal towns like Agadir.

Your heart will be captured with the variety and diversity in the Moroccan landscapes that can hardly fit into a few words. Desert landscapes are maybe the most known scene, but a large chunk of Morocco is carved by mountain ranges. Morocco has something to offer to all kinds of travelers, whether you like mountains hiking, surfing and swimming in beaches, camel trekking, enjoying the overnight in the vast Sahara dunes, or getting lost in the old Medina in imperial cities like Marrakech.

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