Teffedest Mountains
{{Short description|Algerian mountain range}}
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The Teffedest Mountains are a mountain range in southern Algeria. They are part of the Hoggar Mountains (Ahaggar Mountains), located in the Sahara.
Geography
The Teffedest Range is about 120 km long in a north-south direction. Unlike the rest of the Hoggar Mountains, which are composed mainly of dark volcanic rock, the Teffedest is composed of pale granite. There are ancient cave paintings on some rock walls of the range.[http://www.trh-reisen.de/pdfs/trekkingalgeriena.pdf Granitgärten und Felsbilder des Teffedest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821122602/http://www.trh-reisen.de/pdfs/trekkingalgeriena.pdf |date=2014-08-21 }} (PDF; 168 kB) Dunes are rare in the area of this range.Emilio Scotto, 2007. The Longest Ride: My Ten-Year 500,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, 224 pages {{ISBN|0-7603-2632-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7603-2632-9}}
The highest point of the Teffedest is the In Akoulmou. The impressive Garet el Djenoun, located at the northern end of the range, is one of the most conspicuous peaks of the range.[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=28744 Garet el Djenoun - Peakbagger]
Ecology
The Teffedest Mountains have been habitat to the last relict population of painted hunting dog (Lycaon pictus) within Algeria,C. Michael Hogan, 2009. [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209234758/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=35993 |date=2010-12-09 }} although the species is now deemed by some to be extirpated from Algeria, due to habitat destruction by humans and by ongoing desertification.
References
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External links
- [http://www.algeria.com/national-parks/ahaggar/ Ahaggar National Park - The Biodiverse Home of the Saharan Cheetah]
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Category:Mountain ranges of Algeria
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