Paradise Valley is a section of the
Tamraght River valley in the
Moroccan High Atlas
The High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas, is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of the Atlas Mountains.
The High Atlas rises in the west at the Atlantic Ocean and stretches in an eastern direction to the Moro ...
mountains.
Name and location
The valley is named since it is often locally likened to a “paradise on earth”. It is also called Tamraght river valley after the name of the surrounding region.
The valley is located approximately 35 km north of the city of
Agadir
Agadir (, ; ) is a major List of cities in Morocco, city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River, Souss River flows into the ocean, and south of Casabla ...
.
Biodiversity
The valley is in the middle of the region of
Imouzzar which is known for its broad biodiversity. It includes trees of
palm
Palm most commonly refers to:
* Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand
* Palm plants, of family Arecaceae
** List of Arecaceae genera
**Palm oil
* Several other plants known as "palm"
Palm or Palms may also refer to:
Music ...
,
banana
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...
,
olive
The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'' ("European olive"), is a species of Subtropics, subtropical evergreen tree in the Family (biology), family Oleaceae. Originating in Anatolia, Asia Minor, it is abundant throughout the Mediterranean ...
and
fig
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and i ...
. The valley has numerous small waterfalls and cascades and rocky pools.
Gallery
Vallée du Paradis, Maroc.jpg, Paradise Valley
Maison, Vallée du Paradis, Maroc.jpg, House, Paradise Valley
Champ dans la Vallée du Paradis, Maroc.jpg, Field in Paradise Valley
Vallée du Paradis en surplomb, Maroc.jpg, Paradise Valley from the top
Piscine naturelle dans la Vallée du Paradis, Maroc.jpg, Pool in Paradise Valley
Lit de rivière asséché dans la Vallée du Paradis, Maroc.jpg, Dry river bed in Paradise Valley
Fossiles dans la Vallée du Paradis, Maroc.jpg, Fossils in Paradise Valley
References
External links
The Valley of the Hippies in MoroccoAgadir Paradise Valley
Geography of Souss-Massa
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