"Tell Atlas The Tell Atlas () is a mountain chain over in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia. The ranges of this system have average elevations of about and form a natural barrier between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Its highest summit is the high Lalla Khedidja in the Jurjura Range. Several large cities such as the Algerian capital, Algiers, with ~1,500,000 residents (2005) and Oran with ~770,000 residents (2005) lie at the base of the Tell Atlas. The Algerian city Constantine with approximately 505,000 residents (2005) lies 80"
"easternmost point of the anti-Atlas is the Jbel Saghro range and its northern boundary is flanked by sections of the High Atlas range. It includes the Djebel Siroua, a massif of volcanic origin with the highest summit of the range at 3,304 m. The Jebel Bani is a much lower range running along the southern side of the Anti Atlas. The High Atlas in central Morocco rises in the west at the Atlantic coast and stretches in an eastern direction to the Moroccan-Algerian border. It has several peaks over , including the highest summit in North Africa, Toubkal () and"
"Aurès Mountains The Aures Mountains (, , ) are an eastern prolongation of the Atlas Mountain System that lies to the east of the Saharan Atlas in northeastern Algeria, North Africa. The mountain range gives its name to the mountainous natural and historical region of the Aures. The Aures mountains are the eastern continuation of the Saharan Atlas. They are located at a lower elevation than the High Atlas mountains of Morocco. The highest peak in the Aurès mountain range is Djebel Chélia in Khenchela Province, which sits at . The Belezma Range is a northwestern prolongation of the Aures"
"the lower slopes of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas ranges of Morocco, with isolated enclaves along the Saharan Atlas range of Algeria. Two coastal enclaves lie further east along the Mediterranean Sea: one along the southeastern Tunisian shore of the Gulf of Gabes, including the island of Djerba; and the second in the Jebel Akhdar mountains along the shore of the Cyrenaica Peninsula in northeastern Libya. The Mediterranean woodlands and forests are bounded on the south by the drier Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe, which occupies the plateaus and mountain ranges bordering the Sahara; and on the north by"
"there. The massif is part of Boukornine National Park, covering area of 1939 ha and protecting many species of plants and animals. The mountain slopes are covered Aleppo pine and cedar. Djebel Ressas about 30 km to the southwest is a taller peak at 795 m. Jebel Boukornine Jebel Boukornine (), also spelled Djebel Bou Kornine or Mount Bou Kornine, is a 576-meter mountain in northern Tunisia, overlooking the Gulf of Tunis and Hammam Lif city. It consists of folded and faulted outcrops of Jurassic limestone. Its name ""bou kornine"" comes from Tunisian Arabic meaning ""the one with two horns"","
"Teffedest Mountains The Teffedest Mountains are a mountain range in southern Algeria. They are part of the Hoggar Mountains (Ahaggar Mountains), located in the Sahara. The Teffedest Range is about 120 km long in a north-south direction. Unlike the rest of the Hoggar Mountains, which are composed mainly of dark volcanic rock, the Teffedest is composed of pale granite. There are ancient cave paintings on some rock walls of the range. Dunes are rare in the area of this range. The highest point of the Teffedest is the In Akoulmou. The impressive Garet el Djenoun, located at the northern end"
"Middle Atlas The Middle Atlas (Amazigh: ⴰⵟⵍⴰⵙ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, ""Atlas Anammas"", Arabic: الأطلس المتوسط, ""al-Aṭlas al-Mutawassiṭ"") is a mountain range in Morocco. It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a vast mountainous region with more than 100,000 km, 15 percent of its landmass, rising above 2,000 metres. The Middle Atlas is the northernmost and second highest of three main Atlas Mountains chains of Morocco. To south, separated by the Moulouya and Um Er-Rbiâ rivers, lies the High Atlas. The Middle Atlas form the westernmost end of a large plateaued basin extending eastward into Algeria, also bounded by the Tell Atlas"
"system. Many scientists, particularly French scientists, make yearly expeditions to observe the community and their living system. There are two types of Alpine Climates in the High Atlas: In the west lies the oldest portion of the range. Its high point is the Jbel Toubkal, which is visible from the city of Marrakech. Jbel Toubkal lies in the Toubkal national park, which was created in 1942. The massif consists of Jurassic and Cretaceous formations notched by deep erosion-carved valleys. This part of the range includes the Ourika Valley, which is the only location in the High Atlas where the endangered"
"Jebel Dahar Jebel Dahar () is a low sandstone mountain chain of the Médenine Governorate of Tunisia. The chain is oriented on a north-south axis, bisecting the south of Tunisia. At the northern end, it meets the east-west-oriented Jebel Tebaga. The Sahara lies to the south and west of it, and the fertile Jeffara plain to the east. It runs for over south from Matmata, curving gently to the east to sink beneath the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental near Tataouine. Foothills extend for a further to the border with Libya, beyond which the chain continues as the Nafusa"
"Belezma Range The Belezma Range, also transliterated as Belzma (), is a prolongation of the Aurès Mountains, at the confluence of the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas in northeastern Algeria. It is separated from the main Aurès Range by the Batna-El Kantara basin. The ridge is roughly aligned in an E-W direction. It is located at the western end of the Aurès Range, with the Hodna Mountains to the west. The highest peak, at 2,178 meters, is the Djebel Refâa. Other important peaks are 2,136 m high Djebel Tichaou and 2,090 m Djebel Touggourt (meaning 'Cedar Peak'). The Belezma"
"Ksour Range The Ksour Range or Kçour Range (, or ""Djebel Ksour"") is a mountain range in Algeria. Stretching across the provinces of Béchar and El Bayadh, it is the westernmost range of the Saharan Atlas, with the Amour Range further east. The range extends between Figuig Province in the Oriental Region of Morocco near the Moroccan/Algerian border and El Bayadh municipality in Algeria. The range pattern continues westwards as the High Atlas. The highest summit of the range is 2,236 m high Mount Issa or ""Djebel Aïssa"" (جبل عيسى). Neolithic art, in the form of engraved stones representing horses,"
"Almost 80% of the Arab world is covered in desert (10,666,637 of 13,333,296 km2), stretching from Mauritania and Morocco to Oman and the UAE. The second most common terrain is the semi-arid terrain, which found in all Arab countries except Lebanon and Comoros. Several deserts span the Arab League: The highest point in the Arab League is in Morocco called Jbel Toubkal, standing 4,165m tall, making it the 40th highest place on earth, and 6th in Africa, next comes Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb (at 3,666 m) in Yemen and Cheekha Dar (at 3,611 m) in Iraq. The lowest point in"
"elephants and other animals, is found in different caves and walls throughout the range (such as at Thyout). The Djebel Aissa National Park is a protected area within the limits of the mountain range since 2003. Ksour Range The Ksour Range or Kçour Range (, or ""Djebel Ksour"") is a mountain range in Algeria. Stretching across the provinces of Béchar and El Bayadh, it is the westernmost range of the Saharan Atlas, with the Amour Range further east. The range extends between Figuig Province in the Oriental Region of Morocco near the Moroccan/Algerian border and El Bayadh municipality in Algeria."
"Jbel Saghro The Jbel Saghro or Djebel Sahrho (, ) is a mountain range in southern Morocco. It is located south of the High Atlas and east of the Anti-Atlas in the northwest of Africa, northeast of Taliouine and southwest of Ouarzazate. The Jbel Saghro is an eastern prolongation of the Anti-Atlas, separated from it by the valley of the Draâ. To the north of the range runs the valley of the Dadès, separating it from the massive High Atlas Range. ""Saɣru"" in the Tamazight language means ""drought"", an apt name considering that the Jbel Saghro is the driest mountain"
"people were employed as cheap extras. Jebel Dahar Jebel Dahar () is a low sandstone mountain chain of the Médenine Governorate of Tunisia. The chain is oriented on a north-south axis, bisecting the south of Tunisia. At the northern end, it meets the east-west-oriented Jebel Tebaga. The Sahara lies to the south and west of it, and the fertile Jeffara plain to the east. It runs for over south from Matmata, curving gently to the east to sink beneath the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental near Tataouine. Foothills extend for a further to the border with Libya, beyond which"
"Jebel Azao Jebel Azao or Adrar Afao is the highest peak in the Tassili n'Ajjer range in southeastern Algeria, at . The range forms the northwest border of the Chad Basin. The Jebel Azao is a peak in the Adrar massif of the Tassili N'Ajjer, a sandstone plateau to the northeast of the Hoggar Mountains The mountain forms a ridge on the plateau, roughly parallel to the escarpment. The massif is mainly made of sandstone, which has resulted in the formation of many natural rock arches. Mt. Afao is drained by various wadis, which converge on the Wadi Imirhou. This"
"desert in the south, the Atlas Mountains in the west, and the Nile River and delta in the east. The Atlas Mountains extend across much of northern Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. These mountains are part of the fold mountain system that also runs through much of Southern Europe. They recede to the south and east, becoming a steppe landscape before meeting the Sahara desert, which covers more than 75 percent of the region. The tallest peaks are in the High Atlas range in south-central Morocco, which has many snow-capped peaks. South of the Atlas Mountains is the dry and barren"
"Edough Massif The Edough Massif, Edough Mountains or Djebel Edough ( ""jabal edūġ"") is a mountain range of the Maghreb area in Northern Africa. These mountains are a segment of the Tell Atlas alpine chain of eastern Algeria that is part of the wider Atlas Range. The Edough Massif stretches between the Cap de Garde and the Cap de Fer. The highest point of the massif is the Bou Zizi (1008 m), located between Annaba and El Marsa. Geologically, these mountains are a Miocene crystalline metamorphic core complex. The Edough Massif has a Mediterranean forest cover where the cork oak"
"Djebel Ressas Djebel Ressas is a high and rugged outcropping of Jurassic limestone situated on the horizon southeast of Tunis, Tunisia. Competing in the foreground, the familiar profile of Djebel Boukornine may appear taller, but at 795 metres Ressas is the dominant peak. Along the highway between Tunis and Hammamet there are excellent views of the mountain as one looks south from near the tollbooths, just past the exit to Mornag. The geologic origins of Djebel Ressas and the neighboring peaks date to earlier than 100 million years ago. The surrounding region was then a vast and swampy tropical area"
"Jbel Lakhdar Jbel Lakhdar (Arabic جبل الاخضر , Moroccan Arabic جبل لخضر Jbel Khedr) is a small mountain or hill in Morocco. Its name means ""the green mountain"". Its summit is 687 meters high. During the French protectorate, there was a triangulation pillar marking that the height at the top was 893 m. This mountain forms the natural border between regions of Doukkala to the west and Rahamna to the east. Jbel Lakhdar may be considered as a low, distant foothill of the Atlas mountains in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean towards El Jadida. The neighbouring tribes of Oulad"
"km inland and directly in the mountains at 650 meters in elevation. A number of smaller towns and villages are situated within the Tell; for example, Chiffa is nestled within the Chiffa gorge. The Tell Atlas runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast. Together with the Saharan Atlas to the south it forms the northernmost of two more or less parallel ranges which approach one another towards the east, remaining quite distinct from one another in ""Western Algeria"" and merging in ""Eastern Algeria"". At the western end, it ends at the Rif and Middle Atlas ranges in Morocco. The Tell Atlas"
"To the north, the Tell Atlas form with the Saharan Atlas, further south, two parallel sets of reliefs in approaching eastbound, and between which are inserted vast plains and highlands. Both Atlas tend to merge in eastern Algeria. The vast mountain ranges of Aures and Nememcha occupy the entire northeastern Algeria and are delineated by the Tunisian border. The highest point is Mount Tahat ( m). Algeria lies mostly between latitudes 19° and 37°N (a small area is north of 37°N and south of 19°N), and longitudes 9°W and 12°E. Most of the coastal area is hilly, sometimes even mountainous,"
"Trara Mountains The Trara mountain range is a mountainous region of Algeria located on the northwest coast of the country, with an average altitude of 500 to 1,000 m. It culminates at altitude of 1336m at the level of the jebel Fellaoucene. The Trara Mountains are a coastal range in the western extension of the Tellian Atlas. It represents, in the Tell Oranais, a mountainous block whose access is very difficult. This massif appears as a mountainous arch between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the valley of the Wadi Tafna to the east, the Wadi Mouilah to the south"
"approach one another towards the east, merging in ""Eastern Algeria"". At the western ends at the Middle Atlas range in Morocco. The area immediately to the south of this range is the high plateau of the Hautes Plaines, with lakes in the wet season and salt flats in the dry. The Aurès Mountains of Algeria and Tunisia are the farthest eastern portion of the Atlas mountain range. The Aurès natural region is named after the range. Examples of plants include the Atlas cedar, European black pine, and Algerian oak. Examples of animals included the Atlas bear (extinct), Barbary macaque, Barbary"
"is partly covered in Mediterranean forest, with scattered patches of cultivation. The inhabitants of the Dahra Range are from Berber origin, descending from the Banou Ifren and the Maghraouas Dahra Range The Dahra Range () is a mountain range located in northern Algeria. 'Dahra' is an Arabic word meaning 'back'; in toponymy this term indicates a long plateau of lesser altitude. The Dahra is a low mountain chain part of the greater Tell Atlas which stretches from Algiers in the east along the Mediterranean coast until reaching the mouth of the Chelif near Mostaganem at its western end. Its tallest"
"Ouled Naïl Range The Ouled Naïl Range (, ) is a mountain range in Algeria, part of the Saharan Atlas of the greater Atlas Mountain System. The range is named after a confederation of nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes, all of which claim to hail from Arab ancestors that arrived in the mountains in the eleventh century. The Ouled Naïl mountain range is formed by parallel ridges rising between the level 850 m high terrain of the Hodna region of the ""Hautes Plaines"" in the north and the 600 m of the southern plain of the ""Dayas"". It is located in"
"between the Saharan and Tell Atlas. The high point of the range is the jbel Bou Naceur (3340m). The Middle Atlas experiences more rain than the ranges to the south, making it an important water catchment for the coastal plains and important for biodiversity. It is home to the majority of the world's population of Barbary macaque. The Saharan Atlas of Algeria is the eastern portion of the Atlas mountain range. Though not as high as the Grand Atlas, they are far more imposing than the Tell Atlas range that runs to the north of them and closer to the"
"raid operation was carried out at the Jebel Serj in the context of the fight against terrorism, without, however, leading to an arrest. A similar operation in January 2016 led to the death of an alleged terrorist. The mountain is also affected by several fires in July 2016 in different areas. Djebel Serj The Djebel Serj (جبل السرج) is a limestone mountain located in the center of Tunisia, within the Tunisian ridge. It rises to 1,357 meters above sea level. The mountain is located at 35° 56′ 12″n, 9° 32′ 59″e Djebel Serj is located twenty kilometers southeast of Siliana"
"and is identified in the Plan for Protected Areas in Morocco as a Site of Biological and Ecological Interest (SIBE). Jebel Musa (Morocco) Jebel Musa (, """", in Berber ""Adrar n Moussa""; meaning ""Mount Moses"") is a mountain in the northernmost part of Morocco, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is part of the Rif mountain chain. The mountain is generally identified as the southern Pillar of Hercules, Abila Mons. Jebel Musa, named, according to the 14th-century Berber Muslim geographer Ibn Battuta, in honour of Musa bin Nusayr, to whom the conqueror of Andalusia Tariq ibn"
"of the range, is one of the most conspicuous peaks of the range. The Teffedest Mountains have been habitat to the last relict population of painted hunting dog (""Lycaon pictus"") within Algeria, although the species is now deemed by some to be extirpated from Algeria, due to habitat destruction by humans and by ongoing desertification. Teffedest Mountains The Teffedest Mountains are a mountain range in southern Algeria. They are part of the Hoggar Mountains (Ahaggar Mountains), located in the Sahara. The Teffedest Range is about 120 km long in a north-south direction. Unlike the rest of the Hoggar Mountains, which"
"Morocco. By road, the mountain is about west of Ceuta and about east of Tangier. Jebel Musa is opposite the Rock of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. It is an important landmark in the region of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima on the north coast of Morocco. The coastlines around the mountain show evidence of having had varying sea levels through the ages. These highstands are at 120–130 metres; 80 to 90 metres; 40 to 60 metres and from 0 to 25 metres above the present sea level. In Ceuta, around the town of Benzú, the"
"largely north-south environmental differences defined by sharply decreasing rainfall southward from any point. The Dorsal, the eastern extension of the Atlas Mountains, runs across Tunisia in a northeasterly direction from the Algerian border in the west to the Cape Bon peninsula in the east. North of the Dorsal is the Tell, a region characterized by low, rolling hills and plains, again an extension of mountains to the west in Algeria. In the Khroumerie, the northwestern corner of the Tunisian Tell, elevations reach and snow occurs in winter. The Sahel, a broadening coastal plain along Tunisia's eastern Mediterranean coast, is among"
"Tibesti Mountains The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small extension into southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of and is the highest point in both Chad and the Sahara. Bikku Bitti, the highest peak in Libya, is located in the north of the range. The central third of the Tibesti is of volcanic origin and consists of five shield volcanoes topped by large craters: Emi Koussi, Tarso Toon, Tarso Voon, Tarso Yega and Toussidé."