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Khachna Massif
جبال الخشنة
Highest point
Peak	Bouzegza Mount [ar], Bouzegza Keddara
Elevation	1,032 m (3,386 ft)
Geography
Location	Kabylia
Country	Algeria
Regions	Boumerdès Province Bouira Province
Geology
Formed by	Tell Atlas
Mountain type	Mountain range

The Khachna Range (Arabic: جبال الخشنة, Jibal Khashna; Berber Adrar n Kheshna) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located in Kabylie, Algeria.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Algeria

The Khachna is a massif made up of two differentiated ranges, one in the north between Thénia and Zemmouri, and the other in the south between Thénia and Lakhdaria.

Its highest point, Bouzegza Mount known in Kabylian as Athrar Azegzaw, has an elevation of 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) and it is located in the southern subrange.

Other notable summits are the 710 m high Djerrah Mount, a peak located in the central area of the massif, a second highest point of the southern subrange.

Villages

This mountain range is home to dozens of villages including:

B
- Baloul
- Belhasnet
- Ben Daoud
- Ben Younes
- Beni Arab
- Beni Fouda
- Beni Khelifa
- Berreghlou
- Bou Ismaïl
- Bouaïdel
- Bouchelaghem
- Boukaraï
- Boukhanfar
- Bouredjouane

C
- Chorfa

D
- Debagha
- Djaouna
- Djenah
- Doukane
- Draâ Ben Hadhoum

E
- El Bor
- El Azizia

F
- Fekhara

H
- Hadadcha
- Haddada
- Hadj Ahmed
- Hini

L
- Louz

M
- Mahrane
- Mahsas
- Medjber
- Meraïel
- Meraldene
- Merchicha
- Mezala

S
- Sidi Fredj
- Sidi Yahia
- Skhirat
- Souiga
- Soumâa

T
- Tabrahimt
- Tachehat
- Talamali
- Talilt
- Talmat
- Tamsaout
- Tebabkha
- Thellath
- Tigrine
- Tijijga
- Timizar
- Titouna
- Tiza
- Tizouighine
- Toulmout
- Touzaline

Summits

Several mountain peaks are found in this mountain range:

Forests

The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:

Rivers

Main article: List of rivers of Africa

This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:

Dams

Main article: List of dams and reservoirs

Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:

Gallery

References

Hanoteau, Adolphe; Letourneux, Aristide Horace (1893). "La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles".
"Bulletin: Stratigraphie. 2. Sér". 1891.
"Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
Ficheur, Louis Emile (1890). "Description géologique de la Kabylie du Djurjura: étude spéciale des terrains tertiaires".
Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
Lefebvre, Henri (1900). "Les forêts de l'Algérie".
"Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".
Ficheur (1890). "Les terrains éocènes de la Kabylie du Djurjura".
Duparc, Louis; Pearce, Francis Barrow; Ritter, Etienne (1900). "Les roches éruptives des environs de Ménerville (Algérie): Etude pétrographique".
"Bulletin de la Société géologique de France". 1899.
France, Société Géologique de (1895). "Bulletin de la Société géologique de France".

v t e Mountains of Algeria
Tell Atlas	Blidean Atlas Babor Mountains Beni-Chougrane Bibans Bouzegza Mount [ar] Constantine Mountains Chenoua Mount Dahra Range Djurdjura Edough Khachna Kroumirie Ouarsenis Medjerda Mountains Murdjajo Numidian Range Saïda Mountains Tlemcen Mountains Titteri Tessala Range Trara Yemma Gouraya
Saharan Atlas	Amour Range Aurès Mountains Belezma Range Hodna Mountains Ksour Range Ouled Naïl Range Nememcha Range Zab Mountains
Saharan massifs	Ougarta Range Ahaggar Mountains Teffedest Mountains Tassili n'Ajjer Tadrart Rouge Adrar des Ifoghas
Peaks	Achaoun Anneb Djebel Antar Djebel Azao Djebel Chélia Djebel Grouz Djebel Guetiane Djebel Tsili Koudiat Béni Arif Koudiat Sidi Abdelkader Lalla Khedidja Maouna Mount Babor Mount Bissa Mount Issa Mount Tahat Mount Tamgout Mount Zaccar Pic des Singes Taourirt Tan Afella Thaletat
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