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The Atlas mountains are a mountain range in northwest Africa extending about 2400 km through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and including The Rock of Gibraltar. The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of 4165 m (13,665 ft), located in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The population of the Atlas mountains are mainly Berber in Morocco and mainly Arab in Algeria.

Because North America, Europe and Africa were connected eons ago, the Atlas mountains are believed to have originally been formed as part of Alleghenian orogeny . These mountains were formed when Africa and America collided, and were once a chain far higher than today's Himalayas. Today, the remains of this chain can be seen in the Fall line in the eastern United States. Some remnants can also be found in the later formed Appalachians in North America. The Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada meaning "snowy range" in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, the Mulhacen at 3,482 m. It is a popular tourist destination, as its high peaks make skiing po mountains in Spain were likewise formed in this continental collision.

Mountain ranges Maghrebsee also North Africa, Arab Maghreb Union, Mashreq) The Maghreb (or Moghreb), meaning "west" in Arabic, is the region of the continent of Africa north of the Sahara desert and west of the Nile specifically, the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisi

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Atlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged (ISBN 0451191145) is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the USA. Philosophy and writing The theme of Atlas Shrugged is the role of the mind in life and society. Rand argues that independent thinking, and the creativity and inve	AtlasAtlas has several meanings Atlas (mythology), the Titan of Greek mythology. Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn. Atlas (crater), on the Earth's moon. Atlas (star), a star in the Pleiades star cluster. Atlas (cartography), the collection of maps. Atlas (anatomy	Atlas Computer (Manchester)The Atlas Computer of the University of Manchester became operational in 1962, having been a joint development between the University, Ferranti and Plessey. It was said at the time that whenever it went offline half of the UK computer capacity was lost.
Atlas AutocodeAtlas Autocode (AA) was a programming language developed at Manchester University for the Atlas Computer. It was developed by Tony Brooker as an improvement on the ALGOL programming languages, removing some of Algol's poorer features such as passing param	Atlas (moon)Atlas ("AT luss") is a moon of Saturn. Atlas was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos and was designated 1980 S 28 . In 1983 it was officially named after Atlas of Greek mythology. Atlas seems to be a shepherd satellite of the A ring.	Atlas (mythology)In Greek mythology, Atlas ("he who dares or suffers") was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the nymph Clymene, and brother of Prometheus. He was the father of the Hesperides, Maera, the Hyades, Calypso and the Pleiades. Because Atlas fought on the side of
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