Cèdre Gouraud Forest is a woodland area in the
Middle Atlas Mountain Range in
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. It was named for the French general
Henri Gouraud. This forest is located on
National Route 8 between
Azrou
Azrou () is a Morocco, Moroccan town 89 kilometres south of Fes, Fez in Ifrane Province of the Fès-Meknès regions of Morocco, region.
Etymology
''Azrou'' is a geomorphological name taken from the landform of a large rock outcrop (Aẓro, ⴰⵥ ...
and
Ifrane. The forest is notable as a habitat for a sub-population of
Barbary macaque
The Barbary macaque (''Macaca sylvanus''), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar.
It is the type species of the genus ' ...
s, ''Macaca sylvanus''.
[C. Michael Hogan, 2008]
See also
*
Atlas cedar
*
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. They separate the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around through M ...
*
Mediterranean woodlands and forests
References
* C. Michael Hogan, (2008
''Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg* Justin McGuinness (2003) ''Morocco: The Travel Guide'', Footprint Press Travel Guides, 560 pages
Line notes
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Forests of Morocco
Geography of Fès-Meknès
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