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The Saharan Atlas (Arabic: الأطلس الصحراوي) is a range of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located mainly in Algeria , with its eastern end in Tunisia . Although not as tall as the High Atlas of Morocco its summits are more imposing than the Tell Atlas range that runs parallel closer to the coast.
The Tell Atlas is a mountain chain over 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges and stretching from Eastern Morocco to Tunisia, and through Algeria. It parallels the Mediterranean coast and joins with the Saharan Atlas in Eastern Algeria and Tunisia.
Jamish Brown, Climbing in the Atlas Mountains, The Alpine Journal, 2002, pp. 81–91. Des Clark, Mountaineering in the Moroccan High Atlas, Cicerone, 2011; Bernhard Lindahl, Local History of Ethiopia, 2005/2008 (for verification of names) Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence at Peaklist.org
Highest point of Saharan Atlas Choukchout: Bibans (Tell Atlas) 1,832 metres (6,010 ft) Djebel Aïssa: Ksour Range, (Saharan Atlas) 2,236 metres (7,336 ft) Djebel Fellaoucen: Tlemcen Mountains, (Tell Atlas) 1,136 metres (3,727 ft) Djebel Tenouchfi: Tlemcen Mountains, (Tell Atlas) 1,843 metres (6,047 ft) Garet el Djenoun: Teffedest Mountains
The Amour Range is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas, with the Ksour Range in the western end and the Ouled-Naïl Range in the eastern end. [3]The town of Aflou, one of the highest municipalities in Algeria and also one of the coldest, is located in the range at an elevation of 1,426 m.
The Aures mountains are the eastern continuation of the Saharan Atlas. The highest peak in the Aurès mountain range is Djebel Chélia in Khenchela Province, which sits at 2,328 metres (7,638 ft). The Belezma Range is a northwestern prolongation of the Aures Mountains located where the Tell Atlas and the Saharan
Saharan Atlas The Ksour Range or Kçour Range ( Arabic : 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.
Several deeply dissected mountains, many volcanic, rise from the desert, including the Aïr Mountains, Ahaggar Mountains, Saharan Atlas, Tibesti Mountains, Adrar des Iforas, and the Red Sea Hills. The highest peak in the Sahara is Emi Koussi, a shield volcano in the Tibesti range of northern Chad.