Ksour Range

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| other_name={{lang|ar|جبال القصور}}

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| photo_caption= View of the Ksour Range from near Ain Sefra

| highest= Mount Issa

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| parent= Saharan Atlas

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The Ksour Range or Kçour Range ({{langx|ar|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.{{Cite web |url=http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2011_A04/ |title=Un gisement d'ostracodes non-marins dans l'Éocène inférieur du Djebel Amour, Atlas saharien central, Algérie |access-date=2013-05-20 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051528/http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2011_A04/ |url-status=dead }}

Geography

The range extends between Figuig Province in the Oriental Region of Morocco near the Moroccan/Algerian border and El Bayadh municipality in Algeria.[http://aj.garcia.free.fr/geographie_alg/geo78-79.htm Montagnes des Ksour - Géographie militaire] 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).Lhote (Henri), Les gravures rupestres du Sud-oranais, Arts et Métiers graphiques, Paris, 1970

Protected areas

The Djebel Aissa National Park is a protected area within the limits of the mountain range since 2003.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bledco.com/business/Ain-Sefra/Resorts/Reserve-naturelle/Parc-National-de-Djebel-Aissa |title=Parc national de Djebel Aïssa |access-date=2013-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418201054/http://www.bledco.com/business/Ain-Sefra/Resorts/Reserve-naturelle/Parc-National-de-Djebel-Aissa |archive-date=2018-04-18 |url-status=usurped }}

Features

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|File:Figig.jpg]]

|File:Thyout.cl.1 cropped.jpg rock engravings near Ain Sefra.]]

|File:Vue dEl Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, Algérie.jpg, a town located below the southern slopes of the range.]]

References

External links

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[http://tioutoasis.blogspot.com/2010/02/parc-du-djebel-aissa.html Parc du Djebel Aïssa (Nâama)]
[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geo_0003-4010_1902_num_11_60_18191 A. Bernard, Les régions naturelles de l'Algérie]
[http://pouretudiant.blogspot.com/2012/12/les-montagnes-datlas.html Les montagnes d'atlas]
[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geo_0003-4010_1921_num_30_165_8985 Persée - Notes de géographie physique algérienne]

Category:Mountain ranges of the Atlas Mountains

Category:Geography of El Bayadh Province

Category:Geography of Béchar Province

Category:Mountain ranges of Algeria