Khachna massif

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Khachna Massif
جبال الخشنة
Highest point
PeakBouzegza Mount [ar], Bouzegza Keddara
Elevation1,032 m (3,386 ft)
Geography
LocationKabylia
CountryAlgeria Algeria
Regions
Geology
Formed byTell Atlas
Mountain typeMountain range

The Khachna Range (Arabic: جبال الخشنة, Jibal Khashna; Berber Adrar n Kheshna) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located in Kabylie, Algeria.[1]

Geography

Main article: Geography of Algeria

The Khachna is a massif made up of two differentiated ranges, one in the north between Thénia and Zemmouri, and the other in the south between Thénia and Lakhdaria.[2]

Its highest point, Bouzegza Mount known in Kabylian as Athrar Azegzaw, has an elevation of 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) and it is located in the southern subrange.[3]

Other notable summits are the 710 m high Djerrah Mount, a peak located in the central area of the massif, a second highest point of the southern subrange.[4]

Villages

This mountain range is home to dozens of villages including:

Summits

Several mountain peaks are found in this mountain range:[5]

  • Bouzegza Mount [ar] (1032 m)[6]
  • Djerrah Mount (740 m)[7]
  • Ighil Zenabir Mount (630 m)
  • Ben Norah Mount (467 m)[8]
  • Sidi Fredj Mount (452 m)[9][10]
  • Bouarous Mount (444 m)[11]
  • Soumâa Mount (430 m)
  • Bouzareah Mountain (410m)

Forests

Zbarbar Forest

The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:

  • Boukram Forest
  • Corso Forest
  • Zbarbar Forest
  • Zemmouri Forest

Rivers

Isser River
Main article: List of rivers of Africa

This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:

Dams

Meraldene River
Main article: List of dams and reservoirs

Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:

See also

References

  1. ^ Hanoteau, Adolphe; Letourneux, Aristide Horace (1893). "La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles".
  2. ^ "Bulletin: Stratigraphie. 2. Sér". 1891.
  3. ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
  4. ^ Ficheur, Louis Emile (1890). "Description géologique de la Kabylie du Djurjura: étude spéciale des terrains tertiaires".
  5. ^ Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
  6. ^ Lefebvre, Henri (1900). "Les forêts de l'Algérie".
  7. ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
  8. ^ Ficheur (1890). "Les terrains éocènes de la Kabylie du Djurjura".
  9. ^ Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
  10. ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France". 1899.
  11. ^ France, Société Géologique de (1895). "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".