Ouarsenis

Ouarsenis Range
Adrar en Warsnis ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ / Ouarsnis / الونشريس
View of the Ouarsenis Range near Tamalehat Commune
Highest point
Peak
Elevation	1,985 m (6,512 ft)
Coordinates	35°52′0″N 1°37′0″E / 35.86667°N 1.61667°E / 35.86667; 1.61667Coordinates: 35°52′0″N 1°37′0″E / 35.86667°N 1.61667°E / 35.86667; 1.61667[1]
Geography
Ouarsenis Range NW Algeria
Parent range	Tell Atlas
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Miocene

The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss (Berber language: ⵡⴰⵔⵙⵏⵉⵙ, Warsnis (meaning "nothing higher") Adrar en Warsnis, Arabic: الونشريس‎) 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 in the west and the plateau in the south. It reaches its maximum elevation of 1,985 m at the , near Bordj Bounaama at about 60 km west of Tissemsilt. Other important summits are (1808 m), (1787 m), (1784 m), Sra Abdelkader (1776), Ras El Brarit (1750 m), Mont Belkheiret (1620 m), Djebel Amrouna (1512 m), Mount Tamedrara, and (1461 m), Rokba Atba (1300 m).^[2] The mountain range area is inhabited by Berbers.^[3]

Fauna[]

The mountain forests are home to several animals such as wolves, foxes, caracals, boars, hyenas, hedgehogs. The area was previously inhabited by lions and panthers. Jean Auguste Margueritte reported that a single person from tribe near killed 14 lions and 3 panthers in the 1840s.

Protected areas[]

Although part of its slopes have been used traditionally to grow cereals, the range still has relatively large natural Atlas cedar forests.

The Théniet El Had National Park is a protected area located in the foothills of the Ouarsenis Range.^[4]

See also[]

• List of mountains in Algeria
• Tell Atlas

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Ouarsenis at Wikimedia Commons

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