Ouarsenis

Ouarsenis Range
Ouarsnis / الونشريس
View of the Ouarsenis Range near Tamalehat Commune
Highest point
Peak	Mount Sidi Amar
Elevation	1,985 m (6,512 ft)
Coordinates	35°52′0″N 1°37′0″E / 35.86667°N 1.61667°E / 35.86667; 1.61667Coordinates: 35°52′0″N 1°37′0″E / 35.86667°N 1.61667°E / 35.86667; 1.61667
Geography
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Location	NW Algeria
Parent range	Tell Atlas
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Period	Miocene

The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss (Arabic: الونشريس‎ El Ouanchariss, Berber: Ouarsnis, meaning "nothing higher" in the Berber language) is a range of mountains in North-Western Algeria.

Geography

The range is located at about 80 km south of the Mediterranean, between the basin of the Chelif River in the north and in the east, the Oued Mina in the west and the Sersou plateau in the south. It reaches its maximum elevation of 1,985 m at the Mount Sidi Amar, near Bordj Bounaama at about 60 km west of Tissemsilt. Other important summits are Achaoun (1850 m), Sidi Abdelkader, Mount Tamedrara and Kef Siga. The inhabitants of the region of the range are Berber people.^[1]

Protected areas

Although part of its slopes have been used traditionally to grow cereals, the range still has relatively large natural Atlas cedar forests. The Théniet El Had National Park is a protected area located in the foothills of the Ouarsenis Range.^[2]

See also

• List of mountains in Algeria
• Tell Atlas

References

External links

• Media related to Ouarsenis at Wikimedia Commons

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