Babor Mountains

Babor Range
جبل البابور / Monts des Babors

View of the Babor Range near Bouqaa
Highest point
Peak Mount Babor
Elevation 2,004 m (6,575 ft)
Coordinates 36°33′0″N 5°28′0″E / 36.55000°N 5.46667°E / 36.55000; 5.46667Coordinates: 36°33′0″N 5°28′0″E / 36.55000°N 5.46667°E / 36.55000; 5.46667 [1]
Geography
Babor Range

Algeria

Parent range Tell Atlas

The Babor Range (Arabic: جبل البابور‎‎; French: Monts des Babors) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas in Algeria. The highest point of the range is 2,004 m high Mount Babor.[2]

The Babor Range, together with the neighboring Bibans, is part of the mountainous natural region of Petite Kabylie.[3]

Ecology

There is a protected area in the range, the Djebel Babor Nature Reserve, known for birdwatching.[4] It is also one of the few remaining habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.[5]

Features

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google Earth
  2. ↑ Chaîne des Babors - Larousse.fr
  3. ↑ Encyclopédie berbère - Kabylie : Géographie
  4. ↑ African Birding Resources, 2008
  5. ↑ C. Michael Hogan, 2008

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