Volume 1

Morocco / by H.S.L. Winterbotham [and others].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1941-1942
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Morocco / by H.S.L. Winterbotham [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION tea Morocco of this handbook is the Sherifian Empire, covering 220,000 square miles, or 24 times the area of Great Britain. Its boundaries on the north and west are the Mediterranean and Atlantic Oo. g p $0 Aoi Se E :-MOROCCO- RELIEF, DRAINAGE, and GATEWAYS 252, ° MARRAKECH, MEKNES, FES, TAZA, 9000 lo 7000 7000 & $000 aig ee pee 5000 t 3000 Clits pnts ear es DRS edo ora tana x eS Se gue) ake 3000 & 7000 > eF + Se eee SE coasts; on the east a line of administrative convenience beyond which lies Algeria; and on the south the river Draa and the Sahara. Morocco begins on sea coasts with fertile land, the densest population, the centres of trade and industry, good rainfall, and equable climate; rises quickly to the Rif mountains, and more gradually to the Atlas, over broken and less fertile foothills; reaches summits from 8,000 to 12,000 feet on the well-watered mountains; drops again in their rain A 4524 B