The Mediterranean washes up along 40% of Tunisia's border, with 600 kilometres of fine beaches along the north and east coasts. The south of the country rolls away into the depths of the Sahara, whilst the western border is marked by the extremities of the Atlas Mountains. Tunisia is only slightly larger than England and Wales, and measures 750 kilometres from north to south.

There's only one permanent river, the Medjerda, which has always watered Tunisia's most important farming lands in the north of the country. North of here the land rises to form the rolling hills of the Tell and the Kroumirie Mountains. To the south lies another range of mountains called the Dorsal, which includes Tunisia's highest peak. Travel further south across treeless plains to reach the two great salt lakes, which are surrounded by beautiful oases, and bare, brown hills eroded into lovely shapes and colours. Beyond here, the land is whipped up into the tremendous sand dunes of the Sahara, where only camels and 4 wheel drives dare to go.

The north and east of the country share a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters with more rain falling in the north. The central and southern areas are more prone to drought, and there can be great extremes of temperature, perhaps ranging from 40ºC by day to 0ºC by night. The sand dunes of the Sahara can go for several years with no rain.

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