Edough Massif

Edough Massif Adrar n Dduɣ / جبل إيدوغ
View of the Edough Massif with snow
Highest point
Peak	Bou Zizi
Elevation	1,008 m (3,307 ft)
Coordinates	36°52′0″N 7°39′0″E / 36.86667°N 7.65000°E / 36.86667; 7.65000Coordinates: 36°52′0″N 7°39′0″E / 36.86667°N 7.65000°E / 36.86667; 7.65000 ^[1]
Geography
Annaba, Skikda ( َAlgeria )
Parent range	Tell Atlas
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Miocene
Type of rock	Crystalline metamorphic

The Edough Massif, Edough Mountains or Djebel Edough (Arabic: جبل إيدوغ‎‎ jabal edūġ) is a mountain range of the Maghreb area in Northern Africa.^[2]

Geography

These mountains are a segment of the Tell Atlas alpine chain of eastern Algeria that is part of the wider Atlas Range. The Edough Massif stretches between the Cap de Garde and the Cap de Fer.

The highest point of the massif is the Bou Zizi (1008 m), located between Annaba and El Marsa.

Geologically, these mountains are a Miocene crystalline metamorphic core complex.^[3]

Ecology

The Edough Massif has a Mediterranean forest cover where the cork oak (Quercus suber), a hardy Mediterranean tree, predominates. Snow is not rare in the winter and the mountains are often covered with fog, which allows ferns to grow among the undergrowth.

The forest of the Edough Massif is very vulnerable to wildfires. Vast surfaces have been burned in the last decades.^[4]

The Edough Massif was the last home of the lion (Panthera leo) in North Africa. The last lion of Algeria was killed in the Edough Massif in 1890.^[5] The massif is also the natural habitat of the Edough ribbed newt (Pleurodeles poireti), an endangered species. The vulnerable North African Fire Salamander (Salamandra algira) is also found in the range. Edoughnura, a genus of springtails belonging to the Neanuridae subfamily, is named after this range.^[6]

Features

Roman aqueduct in the Edough Massif.

The Edough Massif was the place where the last lion of Algeria was killed.

The Air Algerie Boeing 737-2D6/Adv named "Edough"

References

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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

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