Integrity Index mean score of 5.22/10, ranking it 106th globally out of 172 countries. Statistics Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc Natural hazards: mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season Environment – current issues: air pollution in major cities; soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water Environment – international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban Protected areas Algeria has a number of protected areas including National Parks and nature reserves. An example of such a protected area is the Djebel Babor Nature Reserve within the Djebel Babor Mountains; the Djebel Babor is also one of the few relict habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus. The national parks in Algeria are: Ahaggar, Belezma, Chréa, Djurdjura, El Kala, Gouraya, Tassili n'Ajjer, Taza, Théniet El Had, and Tlemcen. Extreme points Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Chott Melrhir: Highest point: Mount Tahat: Points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location: Northernmost point – Cap Takouch, Annaba Province or Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda province Easternmost point – the tripoint with Niger and Libya, Djanet Province Southernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Mali east of the Malian village of In-Abalen, Adrar Province Westernmost point – the western section of the border with Morocco/Western Sahara, Tindouf Province (Note: Algeria does not have a westernmost point, the border being formed by a line of longitude) See also List of cities in Algeria Teffedest Mountains References