Saharan Atlas
| Saharan Atlas | |
|---|---|
| الأطلس الصحراوي | |
Djebel Aissa | |
| Elevation | 2,236 m (7,336 ft) |
| Coordinates | 34°0′0″N 2°0′0″E / 34.00000°N 2.00000°E |
| Geography | |
 Map of the Atlas Mountains and subranges
| |
| Country | Crystalline metamorphic |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | unknown |
| Easiest route | drive |
The Saharan Atlas (
Djebel Aissa in the Ksour Range
.
Geography
The Saharan Atlas includes a series of subranges: the
Belezma), the Hodna Mountains
, the Nememcha Range and the Zab Mountains. The Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas merge in the east to join together into the Tébessa Range and the Medjerda Mountains.
Bordered in the north by the Hautes Plaines, the Saharan Atlas is one of the vast plateaux of Africa, formed of ancient base rock covered by the sediment of shallow seas and alluvial deposits.[2]
Among the rivers of the Atlas, the Saharan Atlas feeds
Chelif and Touil wadis, riverbeds that contains water only during wet periods, respectively draining the Amour and Ouled-Naïl ranges of the Saharan Atlas.[2]
The Saharan Atlas Mountains mark the northern edge of the
Berbers
. The mountains have also long been home to exiles expelled from the fertile coastal regions.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-4020-5414-3.
- ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica, 2005