Amour Range Explained

Amour Range
Other Name:جبال العمور
Highest:Djebel Ksel
Elevation M:2008
Elevation Ref:[1]
Map:Algeria
Map Size:260
Label Position:right
Parent:Saharan Atlas
Coordinates:34.05°N 2.0667°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Area Km2:7,710
Length Km:130
Length Orientation:ENE/WSW
Width Km:40
Width Orientation:NNW/SSE
Orogeny:Alpine orogeny

The Amour Range (Arabic: جبل العمور, French: Djebel Amour) is a mountain range in Algeria, which comprises part of the Saharan Atlas of the Atlas Mountain System.

Geography

The Amour Range is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas, with the Ksour Range in the western end and the Ouled-Naïl Range in the eastern end.[3]

The town of Aflou, one of the highest municipalities in Algeria and also one of the coldest, is located in the range at an elevation of 1,426 m. There are about 35,000 people living in the area of the Amour Range.[4] In Taouïala (تاوياله), located 35 km to the southeast of Aflou, there is an ecotouristic village.[5]

Peaks

The mountains of the Amour Range have altitudes averaging between 1,400 and 2000 m. The highest summit of the range is Djebel Ksel, which sits at an elevation of 2,008 m.

Other notable peaks are:[6]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. G. Camps, « Amour (djebel) », in Encyclopédie berbère, 4
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. Web site: Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie . 2013-05-19 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051528/http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2011_A04/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Le Djebel Amour . 2013-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121123061349/http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/documents_algeriens/monographies/pages/14_djebel_amour.htm . 2012-11-23 . dead .
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-85K6QkQs Village éco-touristique solidaire à Taouiala wilaya de Laghouat
  6. https://archive.today/20130628105838/http://naceurhakmi.arabblogs.com/archive/2007/9/313736.html Le Djebel Amour, Relief, Géologie et hydrogéologie