Khachna Explained

Khachna Massif
Other Name:	جبال الخشنة
Highest Location:	Bouzegza Keddara
Elevation M:	1032
Country:	Algeria
Location:	Kabylia
Region:	Boumerdès Province Bouira Province
Formed By:	Tell Atlas
Type:	Mountain 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

See 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 1083m (3,553feet) 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]

• (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:

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

Rivers

See main article: List of rivers of Africa. This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:

• Arbia River
  • • • Hamiz River
• Isser River
• Keddache River
• Meraldene River

Dams

See main article: List of dams and reservoirs. Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:

• Keddara Dam
• Meraldene Dam

See also

• Kabyles
• List of mountains in Algeria
• Tell Atlas

Notes and References

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