Ksour Range

Ksour Range
Ksour Range
جبال القصور
	View of the Ksour Range from near Ain Sefra
Highest point
Peak	Mount Issa
Elevation	2,236 m (7,336 ft)
Coordinates	32°52′0″N 0°29′0″E / 32.86667°N 0.48333°E
Geography
	Ksour Range
Countries	Algeria and Morocco
Parent range	Saharan Atlas

The Ksour Range or Kçour Range (Arabic: جبال القصور, 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]

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 horses, elephants and other animals, is found in different caves and walls throughout the range (such as at Thyout).^[4]

Protected areas

The Djebel Aissa National Park is a protected area within the limits of the mountain range since 2003.^[5]

Features

Western foothills of the Ksour Range near Figuig

References

^ Google Earth
^ "Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
^ Montagnes des Ksour - Géographie militaire
^ Lhote (Henri), Les gravures rupestres du Sud-oranais, Arts et Métiers graphiques, Paris, 1970
^ "Parc national de Djebel Aïssa". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

External links

Media related to Ksour Range 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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[1] Google Earth

[2] "Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

[3] Montagnes des Ksour - Géographie militaire

[4] Lhote (Henri), Les gravures rupestres du Sud-oranais, Arts et Métiers graphiques, Paris, 1970

[5] "Parc national de Djebel Aïssa". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

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Saharan Atlas	Amour Range Aurès Mountains Belezma Range Hodna Mountains Ksour Range Ouled Naïl Range Nememcha Range Zab Mountains
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