Geography of Tunisia
 
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| Continent | Africa |
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| Region | Northern Africa |
| Coordinates | 34°00′N 9°00′E / 34.000°N 9.000°E |
| Area | Ranked 93rd |
| • Total | 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi) |
| • Land | 95% |
| • Water | 5% |
| Coastline | 1,148 km (713 mi) |
| Borders |
Total land borders: 1,424 km Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km |
| Highest point |
Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m |
| Lowest point |
Chott el Djerid -17 m |
| Longest river |
Medjerda River 450 km |
Tunisia is a country in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, having a western border with Algeria (965 km) and south-eastern border with Libya (459 km) where the width of land tapers to the south-west into the Sahara. The country has north, east and complex east-to-north coasts including the curved Gulf of Gabès, which forms the western part of Africa's Gulf of Sidra. Most of this greater gulf forms the main coast of Libya including the city of Sirte which shares its root name. The country's geographic coordinates are 34°00′N 9°00′E / 34.000°N 9.000°E. Tunisia occupies an area of 163,610 square kilometres, of which 8,250 are water. The principal and reliable rivers rise in the north of the country with a few notable exceptions from north-east Algeria and flow through the northern plain where sufficient rainfall supports diverse plant cover and irrigated agriculture.
Tunisia is on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta. It is bordered by Algeria on the west and Libya on the south east. It lies between latitudes 30° and 38°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°E. An abrupt southward turn of the Mediterranean coast in northern Tunisia gives the country two distinctive Mediterranean coasts, west-east in the north, and north-south in the east
Tunisia is about the size of the American state of Wisconsin. Despite its relatively small size, Tunisia has great environmental diversity due to its north-south extent. Its east-west extent is limited. Differences in Tunisia, like the rest of the Maghreb, are largely north-south environmental differences defined by sharply decreasing rainfall southward from any point.
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