| MAGHREB | The region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia |
| LIBYA | Republic of N Africa comprising the historical regions of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan (5) |
| PENTAGRAM | Symbol seen on the national flags of Morocco and Ethiopia |
| ARABS | Many residents of Morocco and Egypt |
| SOWETO | Large urban area in Gauteng province, South Africa, comprising several townships lying south-west of Johannesburg (6) |
| SHORES | Coastlands |
| WATERSIDES | Coastlands |
| LEVANT | East Mediterranean coastlands |
| ASIR | Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia immediately north of Yemen made up of about 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km) of Red Sea coastal plains, high mountains, and the valleys of seasonal watercour |
| ALSACE | Region and former province of France between the Vosges mountains and the Rhine |
| HAMISHMACCUNN | Scottish composer (1868-1916) of the overture The Land of the Mountain and the Flood |
| AURES | This mountain range is part of the Atlas Mountains in northeastern Algeria, fronted by rugged cliffs in the north. Its highest peaks, which are snowcapped during winter, include Mount Chelia and Mount |
| RIF | Member of a Berber people inhabiting the Atlas Mountains in Morocco (3) |
| MARRAKESH | Moroccan city at the foothills of the Atlas Mountains noted for bustling souks in its ancient walled medina (9) |
| KABYLE | A Berber people living in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa (6) |
| CHAMPLAIN | North American lake between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains, straddling the Canada-US border (9) |
| EPIRUS | Greek and Albanian shared region that lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea; capital, Ioannina (6) |
| NEPAL | Landlocked country containing some of the world's tallest mountains and the highest point on Earth, |
| ANHALT | Historical German county and duchy located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe |
| OVIEDO | North-western Spanish city between the Cantabrian mountains and the Bay of Biscay (6) |
