Jbel Sirwa

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Adrar Sirwa
Siroua
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Highest point
Elevation 3,304 m (10,840 ft)
Coordinates 30°40′14″N07°37′17″W / 30.67056°N 7.62139°W / 30.67056; -7.62139 Coordinates: 30°40′14″N07°37′17″W / 30.67056°N 7.62139°W / 30.67056; -7.62139  
Geography
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Adrar Sirwa
Location in Morocco
Location Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco
Parent range Little Atlas

The Adrar Sirwa, also spelled Adrar Siroua, is a peak in the Anti-Atlas mountain range. It is an old stratovolcano that rises 3,304 metres (10,840 ft) above sea level. [1]

Anti-Atlas mountain range

The Anti-Atlas, Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest toward the northeast, to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt, altogether a distance of approximately 500 km. The range borders on the Sahara to the south.

Stratovolcano Tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava and other ejecta

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and periodic intervals of explosive eruptions and effusive eruptions, although some have collapsed summit craters called calderas. The lava flowing from stratovolcanoes typically cools and hardens before spreading far, due to high viscosity. The magma forming this lava is often felsic, having high-to-intermediate levels of silica, with lesser amounts of less-viscous mafic magma. Extensive felsic lava flows are uncommon, but have travelled as far as 15 km (9.3 mi).

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References

  1. ↑ "Jebel Siroua". Sud Marco. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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