As a general rule, the lowlands vary from warm to hot during the day in the winter, and between cool to cold at night.

In summer it is extremely hot during the day and the only change for the night is a slight diminishment of this heat.

Winter is cold enough in the higher regions to demand clothing suitable for Arctic conditions, in the summer it is hot in these regions and cool at night.

There are three main mountain ranges in Morocco, some are amongst the highest in Africa. From the north these ranges are the Rif, the High Atlas and the Anti-Atlas.

In the High Atlas mountains, certain peaks remain snow-capped all year round.

The land lying between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean is formed of often fertile plains and plateaus which are well-irrigated by the melt water from the mountain snows. However this seemingly idyllic situtation is not true of all the country.

Farmers on the southern plains retain a more than tenuous hold on their agriculture, with the exception of those fortunate enough to be along a river's course.

At the edge of the Anti-Atlas in the extreme south the scenery is distinguished by vast, eroded gorges which flow with the rivers which they contain, out into the dry desolate wastes of the Sahara desert.