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The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss (Berber language: ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ, Warsnis (meaning "nothing higher") Adrar en Warsnis, ) is a mountain range and inhabited region in northwestern Algeria.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Ouarsenis Range
Mountain.other_name
Adrar en Warsnis ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ / Ouarsnis /
Mountain.photo
Ouarsenis 2012, Wilaya de Tissemsilt (Algérie).jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
View of the Ouarsenis Range near Tamalehat Commune
Mountain.highest
Mount Sidi Amar
Mountain.elevation_m
1985
Mountain.prominence_m
1105
Mountain.map
Algeria
Mountain.map_size
200
Mountain.label_position
right
Mountain.listing
Ribu
Mountain.location
NW Algeria
Mountain.parent
Tell Atlas
Mountain.period
Miocene
Mountain.orogeny
Alpine orogeny

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  • Fauna
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The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss (Berber language: ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ, Warsnis (meaning "nothing higher") Adrar en Warsnis, ) is a mountain range and inhabited region in northwestern Algeria.

==Geography== The range is located at about 80 km south of the Mediterranean, between the basin of the Chelif River in the north and in the east, the Oued Mina in the west and the Sersou plateau in the south. It reaches its maximum elevation of 1,985 m at the Mount Sidi Amar, near Bordj Bounaama at about 60 km west of Tissemsilt. Other important summits are Achaoun (1808 m), Djebel Meddad (1787 m), Kef Siga (1784 m), Sra Abdelkader (1776), Ras El Brarit (1750 m), Mont Belkheiret (1620 m), Djebel Amrouna (1512 m), Mount Tamedrara, and Rond Point des Cèdres (1461 m), Rokba Atba (1300 m). The mountain range area is inhabited by Berbers.

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

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