Landscape

Tunisia is a small country in North Africa, bordered on the south by Libya and Algeria on the west. Located on the Mediterranean, Tunisia has some beautiful beaches. It has an extremely varied landscape packed into it's small land area. The legendary Sahara desert covers almost 40% of Tunisia's landscape, across the southern area of the country. This low feature is dramatically contrasted by the "Dorsal" which is the northern edge of the " Atlas Mountains" rising out of the north west corner of Tunisia. The northern tip of Tunisia is characterized by low rolling plains, and hills called The Tell, the sahil plain covers most of the North East peninsula's, and is famous for it's Olive production. the steppes lay between the Sahil and the Dorsal.