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
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:
- A
- B
- C
- F
- L
- O
- T
Summits
Several mountain peaks are found in this mountain range:[5]
- Bouzegza Mount (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
The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:
Rivers
This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:
- Arbia River
- Boudouaou River
- Oued Boumerdès
- Oued Corso
- Hamiz River
- Isser River
- Keddache River
- Meraldene River
Dams
Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:
Gallery
![Bouzegza Mount [ar]](https://kihulane.eu/arhiiv/79338?rdp_we_resource=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AMont_Bouzegza_vue_du_village_zouggara.JPG)
See also
- Kabyles
- Al-arbaâ Valley
- List of mountains in Algeria
- Tell Atlas
- Reghaïa Valley
- Corso Valley
- Boudouaou Valley
- Boumerdès Valley
- Arabeya Valley
References
- ^ Hanoteau, Adolphe; Letourneux, Aristide Horace (1893). "La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles".
- ^ "Bulletin: Stratigraphie. 2. Sér". 1891.
- ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
- ^ Ficheur, Louis Emile (1890). "Description géologique de la Kabylie du Djurjura: étude spéciale des terrains tertiaires".
- ^ Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
- ^ Lefebvre, Henri (1900). "Les forêts de l'Algérie".
- ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
- ^ Ficheur (1890). "Les terrains éocènes de la Kabylie du Djurjura".
- ^ Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
- ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France". 1899.
- ^ France, Société Géologique de (1895). "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
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