Amour Range

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Amour Range

جبال العمور

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Neolithic art in Aflou

Highest point
Peak
Djebel Ksel
Elevation
2,008 m (6,588 ft) [1]
Coordinates
34°03′0″N 2°04′0″E / 34.05000°N 2.06667°E / 34.05000; 2.06667Coordinates: 34°03′0″N 2°04′0″E / 34.05000°N 2.06667°E / 34.05000; 2.06667[2]
Dimensions
Length
130 km (81 mi) ENE/WSW
Width
40 km (25 mi) NNW/SSE
Area
7,710 km2 (2,980 sq mi)
Geography




Amour Range is located in Algeria

Amour Range

Amour Range




Laghouat Province, Algeria



Parent range
Saharan Atlas
Geology
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.




Contents





  • 1 Geography


  • 2 Peaks


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




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]


  • 1,721 m high Guern Arif (جبل قرن عريف)

  • 1,707 m high Mount Sidi Okba (جبل سيدي عقبة)

  • 1,706 m high Mount Gourou (جبل قورو)

  • 1,686 m high Oum El Guedour (أم القدور)

  • 1,503 m high Kef Sidi Bouzid (كاف سيدي بوزيد).


See also


  • List of mountains in Algeria

  • List of tautological place names

  • Saharan Atlas


References




  1. ^ G. Camps, « Amour (djebel) », in Encyclopédie berbère, 4 | Alger – Amzwar En ligne, mis en ligne le 1er décembre 2012, consulté le 14 décembre 2014.


  2. ^ Google Earth


  3. ^ Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie


  4. ^ "Le Djebel Amour". Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2013-05-19..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  5. ^ Village éco-touristique solidaire à Taouiala wilaya de Laghouat


  6. ^ Le Djebel Amour, Relief, Géologie et hydrogéologie



External links



  • Media related to Amour Range at Wikimedia Commons

  • Despois (J.), Le djebel Amour (Algérie), 1957


  • "First image Spot-1: Dejbel Amour". 23 February 1986. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.

  • A. Bernard, Les régions naturelles de l'Algérie

  • Taouïala




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