Aurès Mountains

Aurès Range Idurar n Awras (Berber) جبال الأوراس
Mountain landscape at Hammam Essalihine
Highest point
Peak	Djebel Chélia (Algeria)
Elevation	2,328 m (7,638 ft)
Coordinates	35°19′05″N 6°38′13″E / 35.31806°N 6.63694°E / 35.31806; 6.63694Coordinates: 35°19′05″N 6°38′13″E / 35.31806°N 6.63694°E / 35.31806; 6.63694
Geography
Aurès Range Idurar n Awras (Berber) جبال الأوراس
Countries	Algeria and Tunisia
States/Provinces	List Batna Tebessa Khenchela Oum El Bouaghi Souk Ahras Biskra
Parent range	Atlas Mountain System

The Aurès Mountains, (Berber: Awras, Latin: Aurasium,^[1] Arabic: جبال الأوراس‎‎) are an eastern prolongation of the Atlas Mountain System that lies to the east of the Saharan Atlas in northeastern Algeria.

The mountain range gives its name to the mountainous natural and historical region of the Aurès.

Geography

The Aurès mountains are the eastern continuation of the Saharan Atlas. They are located at a lower elevation than the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The highest peak in the Aurès 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 Aurès Mountains located where the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas come together. Its main summits are 2,178 m (7,145 ft) high Djebel Refaâ and 2,136 m (7,007 ft) high Djebel Tichaou.^[2]

History

Historically, the Aurès served as a refuge and bulwark for the Berber tribes, forming a base of resistance against the Romans, Vandals, Byzantine, and Arabs along the centuries.^[3]

The mountain area was also a district of French Algeria that existed during and after the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 to 1962. It was in this region that the Algerian War of Independence was started by Berber freedom fighters. The rugged terrain of the Aurès makes it still one of the least developed areas in the Maghreb.

Population

In eastern Algeria, the Aurès is a large Berber-speaking region, home of the Chaoui people. The Chaoui eastern Berber population practices traditional transhumance, farming fixed stone terraces in the mountains where they grow sorghum, as well as other grains and vegetables. Seasonally they move their cattle to relatively warm areas in the lowland valleys where they pitch tents or live in other temporary structures and tend livestock through the winter.^[4]

Features

Location of the Aurès region in Algeria.

View of one of the mountains of the Belezma Range, a western subrange of the Aures.

Landscape of southern area of the range.

References

↑ Procopius: Vandalic war (Book 3-4)
↑ Belezma National Park - Travel to Algeria
↑ Conant, Jonathan (2012). Staying Roman : conquest and identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439-700. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 280 -281. ISBN 0521196973.
↑ La vie économique du Chaouia de l'Aurès

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aurès Mountains.

Les Aurès - Algérie (French). Includes many photos of the region.

Mountains of Algeria

Tell Atlas	Blidean Atlas Babor Mountains Beni-Chougrane Bibans Mount Chenoua Numidian Range Dahra Range Djurdjura Edough Kroumirie Ouarsenis Medjerda Mountains Murdjajo Constantine Mountains 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

Geography of Algeria List of mountains in Algeria Atlas Mountains Hautes Plaines Kem Kem

Major African geological formations

Plates	African Plate Somali Plate Madagascar Plate Seychelles Plate

Cratons and shields	Arabian-Nubian Shield Congo Craton Kaapvaal Craton Kalahari Craton Saharan Metacraton Tanzania Craton Tuareg Shield West African Craton Zimbabwe Craton

Shear zones	Aswa Dislocation Broodkop Shear Zone Central African Shear Zone Chuan Shear Zones Foumban Shear Zone Mwembeshi Shear Zone Todi Shear Zone Western Meseta Shear Zone

Orogens	Alpide Orogen Cape Fold Belt Damara Orogen East African Orogen Eburnean Orogen Gondwanide Orogen Kuunga Orogen Mauritanide Belt Pan-African orogens Terra Australis Orogen

Rifts	Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu Embayment Melut Basin Muglad Basin Red Sea Rift Sangha Aulacogen Atbara rift White Nile rift

Sedimentary basins	Angola Basin Aoukar Blue Nile Basin Chad Basin Congo Basin Douala Basin El Djouf Foreland Karoo Basin Gabon Basin Iullemmeden Basin Kufra Basin Murzuq Basin Niger Delta Basin Ogaden Basin Orange River basin Ouled Abdoun Basin Owambo Basin Reggane Basin Rio del Rey Basin Sirte Basin Somali Coastal Basin Taoudeni basin Tanzania Coastal Basin Tindouf Basin Turkana Basin

Mountain ranges	Aïr Mountains Atlas Mountains Aurès Mountains Bambouk Mountains Blue Mountains Cameroon line Central Pangean Mountains Chaillu Mountains Drakensberg Ethiopian Highlands East African mountains Great Escarpment Great Karas Mountains Guinée forestière Imatong Mountains Jebel Uweinat Loma Mountains Mandara Mountains Marrah Mountains Mitumba Mountains Nuba Mountains Rif Mountains Rwenzori Mountains Sankwala Mountains Serra da Leba Serra da Chela Teffedest Mountains Tibesti Mountains

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