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Ksour Range
جبال القصور
View of the Ksour Range from near Ain Sefra
Highest point
PeakMount Issa
Elevation2,236 m (7,336 ft)
Geography
Ksour Range is located in Algeria
Ksour Range
Ksour Range
CountriesAlgeria and Morocco
Parent rangeSaharan Atlas

The Ksour Range or Kçour Range (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-fr 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 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

Western foothills of the Ksour Range near Figuig
Neolithic rock engravings near Ain Sefra.
Street in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, a town located below the southern slopes of the range.

See also

References