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Terrain

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! Land use

| (2014 est.)

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! • Arable land

| 18.02%

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! • Permanent crops

| 2.34%

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!• Permanent pastures

!79.63%

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!• Forest

!0.82%

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! • Other

| 81.80%

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! Irrigated land

|

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thumb|[[Forest Landscape Integrity Index 2018 map of Northern Algeria. Forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification. 0 = most modification; 10= least.|300px]]

Clearing of land for agricultural use and cutting of timber over the centuries have severely reduced the once bountiful forest wealth. Forest fires have also taken their toll.

The barrage vert consists principally of Aleppo pine, a species that can thrive in areas of scanty rainfall.

Statistics

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

Environment – international agreements:

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban the Djebel Babor is also one of the few relict habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.

The national parks in Algeria are: Ahaggar, Belezma, Chréa, Djurdjura, El Kala, Gouraya, Tassili n'Ajjer, Taza, Théniet El Had, and Tlemcen.

Extreme points

Elevation extremes:

  • Lowest point: Chott Melrhir: