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RIF may refer to:Reading Is Fundamental, an organization promoting children's literacyReconnaissance in Force, a type of military operation used specifically to probe an enemy's dispositionReduction in Force, a large-scale ending of employmentRenju International Federation, Renju is the professional variant of board game GomokuRight iliac fossa, part of the surface of the human abdomenThe Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1881Rule Interchange Format, a W3C recommendation-track effortRequirements Interchange Format
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This is about a region in Morocco:  RIF is also an acronym/initialism.For the Eleventh Century Talmudist, see Isaac Alfasi The Rif (, Berber:) is a mainly mountainous region of north Morocco, from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Ras Kebdana and the Moulouya River in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Ouargha in the south. It is part of the Cordillera Bética that also includes the mountains of Southern Spain. The Rif mountains are not part of the Atlas Mountains but belong to the Gibraltar Arc or Alborán Sea geological region. The region's name comes from the Berber word arif.
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RIF resistance-inducing factor. RIF test resistance-inducing factor test for the assay of avian leukosis viruses. [more]Rif - Community and Resources

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