Khachna_Massif

Khachna

Khachna

Mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System, located in Kabylie, Algeria

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]

This article is about Khachna. For other uses, see Khachna (disambiguation).
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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)

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

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