Ksour Range
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| جبال القصور | |
| File:Vue d Ain Sefra, Algérie.jpg
View of the Ksour Range from near Ain Sefra
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Issa |
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 Ksour Range
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| Countries | Algeria and Morocco |
| Parent range | Saharan Atlas |
The Ksour Range or Kçour Range (Arabic: جبال القصور, French: Monts des Ksour 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.[2]
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Geography
The range extends between Figuig Province in the Oriental Region of Morocco near the Moroccan/Algerian border and El Bayadh municipality in Algeria.[3] 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).
Rock art
Neolithic art in the form of engraved stones representing animals such as horses and elephants is found in different caves and walls throughout the range such as in Thyout.[4]
Protected areas
The Djebel Aissa National Park is a protected area within the limits of the mountain range since 2003.[5]
Features
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File:Figig.jpg
Western foothills of the Ksour Range near Figuig
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Neolithic rock engravings near Ain Sefra.
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File:Vue dEl Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, Algérie.jpg
Street in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, a town located below the southern slopes of the range.
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See also
References
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Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Parc du Djebel Aïssa (Nâama)
- A. Bernard, Les régions naturelles de l'Algérie
- Les montagnes d'atlas
- Persée - Notes de géographie physique algérienne
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- ↑ Google Earth
- ↑ Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie
- ↑ Montagnes des Ksour - Géographie militaire
- ↑ Lhote (Henri), Les gravures rupestres du Sud-oranais, Arts et Métiers graphiques, Paris, 1970
- ↑ Parc national de Djebel Aïssa
