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Rif

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa | 2004 | | Copyright

RIF

Moroccan mountain chain.

Contiguous with the Jibala massif at the western end, the Rif mountains run along the Mediterranean coast of Morocco for a distance of nearly 200 miles (300 km) but are nowhere more than 50 miles (80 km) wide. Some peaks rise to a height of 6,600 feet (2,000 m). Heavily wooded until clearance began in the seventeenth century, the region now suffers from environmental degradation and drought, and its largely Berber-speaking inhabitants have a history of labor migration.

Bibliography

McNeill, J. R. The Mountains of the Mediterranean World: An Environmental History. Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Mikesell, Marvin. Northern Morocco: A Cultural Geography. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1961.

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Rif

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Rif or Rif Atlas, range of the Atlas Mts., NE Morocco, NW Africa, curving along the Mediterranean coast from Ceuta to Melilla. Tidighin (8,056 ft/2,455 m) is the highest peak. Composed of sedimentary rocks and uplifted during the Alpine orogeny, the range is a continuation of the Sierra Nevada of Spain and is separated from it by the Strait of Gibraltar. Iron mining is the principal economic activity; kif (cannabis) is grown. The region is inhabited by Berbers, who generally were independent of any central authority until subdued (1925–26) by the campaign of France and Spain against Abd el-Krim .

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Rif

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Rif (acronym): see ALFASI.

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Rif

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Rif, Morocco See er rif.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Rif." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Rif." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Rif.html

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RIF

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

RIF Military reduction in force
• Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "RIF." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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