Tunisia 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: August 26, 2008
Map of Tunisia. (Source: EIA)
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Map of Tunisia. (Source: EIA)


Terracing prevents further gully erosion and stores surface runoff for olive production (Tunisia). (Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment)
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Terracing prevents further gully erosion and stores surface runoff for olive production (Tunisia). (Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment)


  1. General overview
  2. Water in Tunisia
  3. Energy in Tunisia
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves:
    1. Ichkeul National Park
  6. Ecoregions:
    1. Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests
    2. Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
    3. Mediterranean woodlands and forests
    4. North Saharan steppe and woodlands
    5. Sahara desert
    6. Saharan halophytics
  7. Regional biodiversity hotspot (Mediterranean Basin)

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Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Tunisia 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 June 5, 2008; Last revised August 26, 2008; Retrieved November 28, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Tunisia_country_profile>
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