Amour Range

Amour Range
جبل العمور
Neolithic art in Aflou
Highest point
Peak	Djebel Ksel
Elevation	2,008 m (6,588 ft) [1]
Coordinates	34°03′0″N 2°04′0″E / 34.05000°N 2.06667°ECoordinates: 34°03′0″N 2°04′0″E / 34.05000°N 2.06667°E [2]
Dimensions
Length	130 km (81 mi) ENE/WSW
Width	40 km (25 mi) NNW/SSE
Area	7,710 km2
Geography
Amour Range Laghouat Province, Algeria
Parent range	Saharan Atlas
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Amour Range (Arabic: جبل العمور‎‎, French: Djebel Amour) is a mountain range in Algeria, part of the Saharan Atlas of the Atlas Mountain System.

Geography

It is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas, with the Ksour Range in the western and the Ouled-Naïl Range in the eastern end.^[3]

The town of Aflou, one of the highest municipalities in Algeria and also one of the coldest, is located in the range at an elevation of 1,426 m. There are about 35,000 people living in the area of the Amour Range.^[4] In Taouïala (تاوياله), located 35 km to the southeast of Aflou, there is an ecotouristic village.^[5]

Peaks

The mountains of the Amour Range have altitudes averaging between 1,400 and 2000 m. The highest summit of the range is 2,008 m high Djebel Ksel. Other notable peaks are:^[6]

• 1,721 m high Guern Arif (جبل قرن عريف)
• 1,707 m high Mount Sidi Okba (جبل سيدي عقبة)
• 1,706 m high Mount Gourou (جبل قورو)
• 1,686 m high Oum El Guedour (أم القدور)
• 1,503 m high Kef Sidi Bouzid (كاف سيدي بوزيد).

See also

• List of mountains in Algeria
• List of tautological place names
• Saharan Atlas

References

1. G. Camps, « Amour (djebel) », in Encyclopédie berbère, 4 | Alger – Amzwar En ligne, mis en ligne le 1^er décembre 2012, consulté le 14 décembre 2014.
2. Google Earth
3. Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie
4. Le Djebel Amour
5. Village éco-touristique solidaire à Taouiala wilaya de Laghouat
6. Le Djebel Amour, Relief, Géologie et hydrogéologie

External links

• Media related to Amour Range at Wikimedia Commons
• Despois (J.), Le djebel Amour (Algérie), 1957
• "First image Spot-1: Dejbel Amour". 23 February 1986. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.
• A. Bernard, Les régions naturelles de l'Algérie
• Taouïala