Jbel Kissane

Mountain in Morocco

Jbel Kissane
جبل كيسان
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View of Jbel Kissane

Highest point
Elevation| 1,485 m (4,872 ft)
Coordinates| 30°42′10″N 06°19′41″W﻿ / ﻿30.70278°N 6.32806°W﻿ / 30.70278; -6.32806
Geography

Jbel Kissane

Morocco

Parent range| Anti-Atlas
Climbing
First ascent| Unknown
Easiest route| From Agdz

Mount Kissane (Jbel Kissane) is a mountain in southeastern Morocco, in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet. It is a distinctive mountain located in the Anti-Atlas range along the valley of the Draa River.[1]

## Toponymy

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The word Kissane كيسان means "glasses" in Arabic and the mountain is so named because it is deemed to look like the glasses of tea behind a tea pot in the Moroccan style of serving tea.[citation needed]

## Geography

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Mount Kissane is a small rocky mountain range with a synclinal pattern.[2] It has a length of 14 km and a maximum width of about 1.8 km. On the top of the mountain there are two ridges cut by a ravine in the middle. There are several peaks; the highest summit is located at the western end of the range, reaching 1485 m.[3]

### Importance in the region

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The Jbel Kissane is a characteristic mountain whose shape dominates the eastern landscape of the town of Agdz. Its bare rock takes a variety of pastel hues such as pink, salmon and violet, depending from the angle of the sunlight and the time of the day.[4] It is as well a dominant feature of the panoramic views from nearby villages such as Ouliz, Taliouine, Ait Ali, Tinfoula, Aremd, Tisserghate, Ait el Kharj, Igamodene, Tamnougalt, Talate, Talamzit, Timiderte, Ighrghr and Afra.[5]

## Features

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Looking east at Jbel Kissane from Agdz at sunset | Landscape with the Jbel Kissane in the background | View of Jebel Kissane from the road

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## References

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1. ^ Au seuil de la vallée du Drâa Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Anti-Atlas - Encyclopedie Berbere
3. ^ Wikimapia - Jbel Kissane
4. ^ Jbel Kissane Maroc
5. ^ GoogleEarth

## External links

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* Media related to Jbel Kissane at Wikimedia Commons
* Que faire à Agdz ?
* Through the Tichka

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Mountains of Morocco

High Atlas|

* Toubkal (4167 m)
* Ouanoukrim (4089 m)
* Ighil M'Goun (4071 m)
* Afella (4043 m)
* Akioud (4030 m)
* Jbel Tifnout (4001 m)
* Tazarhart (3995 m)
* Aksoual (3910 m)
* Ineghmar (3892 m)
* Bou Iguenwan (3882 m)
* Uwawgulzat (3763 m)
* Tichki (3753 m)
* Ayachi (3747 m)
* Azrou Tamadout (3664 m)
* Gourza (3280 m)
* Jbel Oukaïmeden (3200 m)
* Jebel Yagour (2700 m)
* Tassemit (2205 m)

Middle Atlas|

* Bou Naceur (3340 m)
* Mouasker (3277 m)
* Bou Iblan (3081 m)
* Tanourdi (2250 m)

Anti-Atlas|

* Aklim (2531 m)
* Jbel Kissane (1485 m)
* Sirwa (3304 m)
* Amalou-n-Mansour (2712 m)
* Kouaouch (2592 m)
* Imgout (2530 m)
* Mount Amchad (1238 m)
* Mount Zagora (1030 m)

Saharan Atlas|

* Grouz (1888 m)

Rif|

* Colline du Charf (93 m)
* Tidirhine (2456 m)
* Kelti (1912 m)
* Ras Foughal (1535 m)
* Gourougou (900 m)
* Jbel Musa (851 m)
* Jebel Zem-Zem (435 m)
* Zerhoun (1025 m)

Other peaks & ranges|

* Jbel Lakhdar (893 m)
* Béni-Snassen
* Djebel Ouarkziz
* Djebel Bani
* Jbel Saghro
* Kebdana Range

* Geography of Morocco
* Atlas Mountains
* Dadès Gorges
* Kem Kem
* Tislit Lake
* Oukaimeden
* Tizguit Valley
* Tizi-n-Test
* Tizi n'Tichka
* Todgha Gorge

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