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Also known as Aures Mountains, Aurès

mountain range in Algeria

Key facts

Peak
Djebel Chélia
Elevation
2,328 m (7,638 ft)
Country
Algeria
Provinces
Batna Tebessa Khenchela Oum El Bouaghi Souk Ahras Biskra
Parent range
Atlas Mountains

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Encyclopedic overview

The Aures Mountains (Arabic: جبال الأوراس, known in antiquity as Latin: Aurasius Mons) are a subrange of the Saharan Atlas in northeastern Algeria. The mountain range gives its name to the mountainous natural and historical region of the Aurès.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aurès Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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