Khachna

Mountain range in Algeria

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This article is about Khachna. For other uses, see Khachna (disambiguation).

Khachna Massif

Adrar n Kheshna
Highest point
Peak| Bouzegza Mount [], Bouzegza Keddara
Elevation| 1,032 m (3,386 ft)
Geography
Location| Kabylia
Country|  Algeria
Regions|

* Boumerdès Province
* Bouira Province

Geology
Formed by| Tell Atlas
Mountain type| Mountain range

The Khachna Range (Berber Adrar n Kheshna) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located in Kabylie, Algeria.[1]

## Geography

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Main article: Geography of Algeria

The Khachna is a massif made up of two differentiated ranges, one in the north between Thénia and Zemmouri, and the other in the south between Thénia and Lakhdaria.[2]

Its highest point, Bouzegza Mount known in Kabylian as Athrar Azegzaw, has an elevation of 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) and it is located in the southern subrange.[3]

Other notable summits are the 710 m high Djerrah Mount, a peak located in the central area of the massif, a second highest point of the southern subrange.[4]

## Villages

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This mountain range is home to dozens of villages including:

* A
* Ahl El Koudia
* Ahl El Oued
* Aït Abdelhadi
* Aït Afra
* Aït Ali
* Aït Dahmane
* Aït Hamadouche
* Aït Salah
* Aït Si Amar
* Aït Si Saïd
* Azela

* B
* Baloul
* Belhasnet
* Ben Daoud
* Ben Younes
* Beni Arab
* Beni Fouda
* Beni Khelifa
* Berreghlou
* Bou Ismaïl
* Bouaïdel
* Bouchelaghem
* Boukaraï
* Boukhanfar
* Bouredjouane

* C
* Chorfa

* D
* Debagha
* Djaouna
* Djenah
* Doukane
* Draâ Ben Hadhoum

* E
* El Bor
* El Azizia

* F
* Fekhara

* G
* Ghazibaouene
* Gueddara
* Gueraïchene

* H
* Hadadcha
* Haddada
* Hadj Ahmed
* Hini

* L
* Louz

* M
* Mahrane
* Mahsas
* Medjber
* Meraïel
* Meraldene
* Merchicha
* Mezala

* O
* Oued Djenane
* Ouled Ali
* Ouled Bellemou
* Ouled Bendou
* Ouled Bessa
* Ouled Bouhmed
* Ouled Boumerdès
* Ouled Djerrah
* Ouled Hocine
* Ouled Mahmoud
* Ouled Salah

* S
* Sidi Fredj
* Sidi Yahia
* Skhirat
* Souiga
* Soumâa

* T
* Tabrahimt
* Tachehat
* Talamali
* Talilt
* Talmat
* Tamsaout
* Tebabkha
* Thellath
* Tigrine
* Tijijga
* Timizar
* Titouna
* Tiza
* Tizouighine
* Toulmout
* Touzaline

* Z
* Zaatra
* Zemmouri El Bahri
* Zenina

## Summits

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Several mountain peaks are found in this mountain range:[5]

* Bouzegza Mount [ar] (1032 m)[6]
* Djerrah Mount (740 m)[7]
* Ighil Zenabir Mount (630 m)
* Ben Norah Mount (467 m)[8]
* Sidi Fredj Mount (452 m)[9][10]
* Bouarous Mount (444 m)[11]
* Soumâa Mount (430 m)
* Bouzareah Mountain (410m)

## Forests

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Zbarbar Forest

The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:

* Boukram Forest
* Corso Forest
* Zbarbar Forest
* Zemmouri Forest

## Rivers

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Isser River

Main article: List of rivers of Africa

This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:

* Arbia River
* Boudouaou River [ar]
* Oued Boumerdès [ar]
* Oued Corso [ar]
* Hamiz River
* Isser River
* Keddache River
* Meraldene River

## Dams

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Meraldene River

Main article: List of dams and reservoirs

Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:

* Keddara Dam
* Meraldene Dam
* Beni Amrane Dam [fr]
* Hamiz Dam [fr]

## Gallery

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* Bouzegza Mount [ar]

* Bouarous Mount

* Keddara Dam

## See also

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* Kabyles
* Al-arbaâ Valley
* List of mountains in Algeria
* Tell Atlas
* Reghaïa Valley
* Corso Valley
* Boudouaou Valley
* Boumerdès Valley
* Arabeya Valley

## References

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1. ^ Hanoteau, Adolphe; Letourneux, Aristide Horace (1893). "La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles".
2. ^ "Bulletin: Stratigraphie. 2. Sér". 1891.
3. ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
4. ^ Ficheur, Louis Emile (1890). "Description géologique de la Kabylie du Djurjura: étude spéciale des terrains tertiaires".
5. ^ Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
6. ^ Lefebvre, Henri (1900). "Les forêts de l'Algérie".
7. ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
8. ^ Ficheur (1890). "Les terrains éocènes de la Kabylie du Djurjura".
9. ^ Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
10. ^ "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France". 1899.
11. ^ France, Société Géologique de (1895). "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".

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Mountains of Algeria

Tell Atlas|

* Blidean Atlas
* Babor Mountains
* Beni-Chougrane
* Bibans
* Bouzegza Mount [ar]
* Constantine Mountains
* Chenoua Mount
* Dahra Range
* Djurdjura
* Edough
* Khachna
* Kroumirie
* Ouarsenis
* Medjerda Mountains
* Murdjajo
* Numidian Range
* Saïda Mountains
* Tlemcen Mountains
* Titteri
* Tessala Range
* Trara
* Yemma Gouraya

Saharan Atlas|

* Amour Range
* Aurès Mountains
* Belezma Range
* Hodna Mountains
* Ksour Range
* Ouled Naïl Range
* Nememcha Range
* Zab Mountains

Saharan massifs|

* Ougarta Range
* Ahaggar Mountains
* Teffedest Mountains
* Tassili n'Ajjer
* Tadrart Rouge
* Adrar des Ifoghas

Peaks|

* Achaoun
* Anneb
* Djebel Antar
* Djebel Azao
* Djebel Chélia
* Djebel Grouz
* Djebel Guetiane
* Djebel Tsili
* Koudiat Béni Arif
* Koudiat Sidi Abdelkader
* Lalla Khedidja
* Maouna
* Mount Babor
* Mount Bissa
* Mount Issa
* Mount Tahat
* Mount Tamgout
* Mount Zaccar
* Pic des Singes
* Taourirt Tan Afella
* Thaletat

* Geography of Algeria
* List of mountains in Algeria
* Atlas Mountains
* Hautes Plaines
* Kem Kem

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