Edough massif

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The Edough massif, Edough Mountains or Djebel Edough (jabal edūġ) is a geological feature of the Maghreb area in Northern Africa.

These mountains are located in the Kabylie region and are a segment of the alpine chain of eastern Algeria. The Edough massif stretches between the Cap de la Garde Peninsula and the Cap de Fer massif.

Its highest point is the Bou Zizi (1008 m) between Annaba and El Marsa.

Type: Miocene crystalline metamorphic core complex.

[edit] Ecology

The Edough massif has a Mediterranean forest cover where the cork oak predominates. Snow is not rare in the winter and the mountains are often covered with fog, which allows ferns to grow among the undergrowth. This forest is very vulnerable to fire. Vast surfaces have been devoured by the flames in the last decades.

The last lion of Algeria was killed in the Edough massif in 1890.

The Edough massif is the natural habitat of the Edough Ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles poireti), an endangered species.