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The major habitat types of the ecoregion are
Mediterranean systems and temperate coastal rivers. Most of the rivers originate in the Atlas mountains. Rainfall is generally higher in the winter months, and there is regular winter snowfall at higher elevations which creates spring snowmelt. The largest
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Tunisia and Algeria along with eastern Morocco. The streams originate in the eastern portion of the Atlas Mountains complex, including the
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rivers empty into the sea, forming reedy wetlands at river mouths. The
Atlantic rivers are generally more species-rich. The streams which flow towards the Sahara mostly empty into
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The freshwater fauna of the
Permanent Maghreb shares affinities with of Europe’s Mediterranean freshwater ecoregions. It is home to Africa's only native
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region of northern Africa, and is characterized by rivers and streams which flow on the surface year-round. The ecoregion is bounded on the north by the
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lies in northwestern Africa, covering most of
Morocco and Western Sahara and portions of Mauritania and Algeria. The ecoregion covers the western
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Mediterranean coast. The rivers flow into the Atlantic, or inland into the Sahara. The main streams flowing into the Atlantic are the
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Permanent Maghreb ecoregion covers an area of 950,180 square kilometers, and extends across the portions of
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462:Thieme, Michelle L. (2005).
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400:Pseudophoxinus callensis
365:Varicorhinus maroccanus
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551:Ecoregions of Morocco
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381:Labeobarbus fritschii
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404:P. punicus
327:B. labiosa
247:, and the
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207:High Atlas
203:Anti-Atlas
156:Mauritania
110:Mauritania
359:B. reinii
296:Cobitidae
286:salmonids
146:Geography
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347:B. nasus
335:B. ksibi
267:Habitats
261:Medjerda
253:Moulouya
302:Endemic
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