Khachna

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]

This article is about Khachna. For other uses, see Khachna (disambiguation).
Khachna Massif
جبال الخشنة
Highest point
PeakBouzegza Mount, Bouzegza Keddara
Elevation1,032 m (3,386 ft)
Geography
LocationKabylia
CountryAlgeria Algeria
Region
Geology
Formed byTell Atlas
Mountain typeMountain range

Geography
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 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:

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)

Forests
Zbarbar Forest

The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:

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

Rivers
Isser River
Main article: List of rivers of Africa

This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:

Dams
Meraldene River
Main article: List of dams and reservoirs

Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:

See also

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

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