High Atlas

The High Atlas adjoining Tadla forms part of Morocco's mountain divide, between the northern plains and the approaches to the Sahara. Snow and mountain streams supply water to valleys below, while high plateaux and deep gorges separate pockets of cultivated land. Amazigh communities across the range have combined cultivation with seasonal pastoral movement. The agdal is a communal system for regulating access to resources such as high pasture, sometimes closing grazing land for part of the year.