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Mauritania country profile

Mauritania country profile

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Updated: August 26, 2008, 5:18 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

Map of Mauritania. (Source: <a href='http://www.eia.doe.gov/' class='external text' title='http://www.eia.doe.gov/' rel='nofollow'>EIA</a>) Map of Mauritania. (Source: EIA)

Banc d'Arguin NP, Mauritania (Photograph by © <a href='http://www.panda.org/news_facts/multimedia/photogallery/index.cfm' class='external text' title='http://www.panda.org/news_facts/multimedia/photogallery/index.cfm' rel='nofollow'>WWF-Canon</a>/John E. Newby) Banc d'Arguin NP, Mauritania (Photograph by © WWF-Canon/John E. Newby)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Mauritania
  3. Energy in Mauritania
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves:
    1. Banc d'Arguin National Park
  6. Ecoregions:
    1. Atlantic coastal desert
    2. North Saharan steppe and woodlands
    3. Sahara desert
    4. Saharan halophytics
    5. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    6. South Saharan steppe and woodlands
    7. West Saharan montane xeric woodlands

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Mauritania country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 26, 2008; Last revised Date August 26, 2008; Retrieved June 17, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Mauritania_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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