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Mountain range in Algeria
Babor Range
جبل البابور / Idurar n ibabuṛen
View of the Babor Range near Bougaa
Highest point
PeakMount Babor
Elevation2,004 m (6,575 ft)
Coordinates36°33′0″N 5°28′0″E / 36.55000°N 5.46667°E / 36.55000; 5.46667
Geography
Babor Range is located in AlgeriaBabor RangeBabor RangePetite Kabylie, Algeria
Parent rangeTell Atlas

The Babor Range (Arabic: جبل البابور; Kabyle: Idurar n Babuṛ) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas in Algeria. The highest point of the range is 2,004 m high Mount Babor.

The Babor Range, together with the neighboring Bibans, is part of the mountainous natural region of Petite Kabylie.

Ecology

There is a protected area in the range, the Djebel Babor Nature Reserve, known for birdwatching. It is also one of the few remaining habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.

Features

See also

References

  1. Google Earth
  2. Chaîne des Babors - Larousse.fr
  3. Encyclopédie berbère - Kabylie : Géographie
  4. African Birding Resources, 2008
  5. C. Michael Hogan, 2008

External links

Algeria Mountains of Algeria
Tell Atlas
Saharan Atlas
Saharan massifs
Peaks


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