Babor Mountains Explained

Babor Range
Other Name:جبل البابور / Idurar n ibabuṛen
Highest:Mount Babor
Elevation M:2004
Map:Algeria
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Parent:Tell Atlas
Coordinates:36.55°N 5.4667°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]

The Babor Range (Arabic: جبل البابور; Kabyle: Idurar n Babuṛ) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas in Algeria. The highest point of the range is 2,004 m high Mount Babor.[2]

The Babor Range, together with the neighboring Bibans, is part of the mountainous natural region of Petite Kabylie.[3]

Ecology

There is a protected area in the range, the Djebel Babor Nature Reserve, known for birdwatching.[4] It is also one of the few remaining habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.[5]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Google Earth]
  2. http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/mont/Babors/107041 Chaîne des Babors - Larousse.fr
  3. http://encyclopedieberbere.revues.org/1395?lang=en Encyclopédie berbère - Kabylie : Géographie
  4. African Birding Resources, 2008
  5. C. Michael Hogan, 2008