The Ksour Range or Kçour Range ( ar, جبال القصور, french: Monts des Ksour or ''Djebel Ksour'') is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

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. Stretching across the provinces of

Béchar Béchar ( ar, بشار) is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth ...

and

El Bayadh El Bayadh () is a municipality of Algeria. It is the capital of El Bayadh Province. This town was known as ''Géryville'' during the French colonization of Algeria. Geography The Ksour Range is a mountainous area extending between Figuig Fi ...

, it is the westernmost range of the

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, with the

Amour Range The Amour Range ( ar, جبل العمور, french: Djebel Amour) is a mountain range in Algeria, which comprises part of the Saharan Atlas of the Atlas Mountain System. Geography The Amour Range is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas ...

further east.

Geography

The range extends between

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in the

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near the Moroccan/Algerian border and

municipality in Algeria. The range pattern continues westwards as the

High Atlas High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas ( ar, الأطلس الكبير, Al-Aṭlas al-Kabīr; french: Haut Atlas; shi, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴷⵔⵏ ''Adrar n Dern''), is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of t ...

. The highest summit of the range is 2,236 m high Mount Issa or ''Djebel Aïssa'' (جبل عيسى).

Rock art

Neolithic art In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of rec ...

, in the form of engraved stones representing horses, elephants and other animals, is found in different caves and walls throughout the range (such as at Thyout).

Protected areas

The Djebel Aissa National Park is a

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within the limits of the mountain range since 2003.

Features

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