Libya country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: June 4, 2008

Map of Libya. (Source: EIA)
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Map of Libya. (Source: EIA)

The UNESCO World Heritage site of Leptis Magna in Libya. The city was originally a Phoenician trading port developed by Septimius Severus, emperor of the Roman Empire from AD 193. (Source: J. Dugast/Still Pictures)
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The UNESCO World Heritage site of Leptis Magna in Libya. The city was originally a Phoenician trading port developed by Septimius Severus, emperor of the Roman Empire from AD 193. (Source: J. Dugast/Still Pictures)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Libya
  3. Energy in Libya
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Ecoregions:
    1. Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
    2. North Saharan steppe and woodlands
    3. Sahara desert
    4. Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
  6. Regional biodiversity hotspot (Mediterranean Basin)


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Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Libya country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 4, 2008; Retrieved November 20, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Libya_country_profile>
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