Northwestern Africa Wall Map
The Northwestern Africa wall map covers the stretch of the continent where the Atlas Mountains drop away into the Sahara, with the Sahel belt and the Niger River bend running along the southern edge. National Geographic drew it as a physical and political sheet, so borders and cities sit over shaded relief rather than flat color, and students can see why settlement clusters along the Mediterranean coast and the river valleys instead of the sand seas.
It reproduces the Northwestern Africa plate from National Geographic’s Atlas of the World, 11th Edition.
- Scale of 1:4,156,000, drawn on the Transverse Mercator projection
- Shaded relief and the blue-ocean palette National Geographic has used on its wall maps for more than 75 years
- Available on 36 lb paper, or laminated with 1.7 mil satin-gloss film that takes wet-erase markers and map stickers
- Foam core mounting, black or walnut rails, and framing offered through Map Shop
A steady reference for geography classrooms, home school walls, and home offices.

