mentioned, there were two earlier gateways: the Betic Corridor across southern Spain and the RifianCorridor across northern Morocco. The Betic closed about...
from the Atlantic Ocean and partly dried up when the Guadalhorce and Rifiancorridors that had previously connected the Mediterranean to the Atlantic closed...
mountain region in northern Morocco, hence the name meaning "Gate of the Rifians" (Bab Jbala means "Gate of the Mountain", presumably another reference...