Algeria topographic maps
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Tahat
Algeria > Tamanrasset > de Tamanrasset District > Tamanghasset
Mount Tahat (Arabic: جبل تاهات) is the highest mountain in Algeria. It sits at an elevation of 2,908 metres (9,541 ft). Other sources indicate an elevation of 3,003 metres (9,852 ft). Tahat is also the highest peak in the Hoggar Mountains. Its nearest city is Tamanrasset which is located 56 kilometres…
Average elevation: 2,466 m
Plage de Cap Djinet
Algeria > Boumerdès > Bordj Menaiel District > Djenet > El Mhadjer
Average elevation: 62 m
Seraidi
Algeria > Annaba > Annaba District
The village sits on the Edough massif at an altitude of 860m. It was in the vicinity of this town that the fountain that serviced the Roman aqueducts that fed the cisterns of Hippo began. The highest nearby peak is Kef Sbaâ (lion rock), an apt name as it is claimed that many of the lions of the Coliseum in…
Average elevation: 192 m
Hassi Ben Abdellah
Algeria > Ouargla > Sidi Khouiled District
Hassi Ben Abdellah lies at an elevation of 159 metres (522 ft) above sea level, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the provincial capital Ouargla, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the district capital Sidi Khouiled. The land in the area alternates between sand dunes and flat rocky plains dotted with small areas of…
Average elevation: 140 m
Akbou
Algeria > Bejaia > Akbou District
Akbou is located in the upper Soummam River valley on the eastern flank of the Djurdjura. It is bounded to the north by Ouzellaguen, east by the Soummam River, which separates it from the commune of Amalou, south-east by the Sahel River, locally called "assif abbas", which separates it from the communes of Ait…
Average elevation: 430 m
Hoggar Mountains
Algeria > Tamanrasset > de Tamanrasset District > Tamanghasset
This mountainous region is located about 1,500 km (930 mi) south of the capital, Algiers. The area is largely rocky desert with an average elevation of more than 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level. The highest peak, Mount Tahat, is at 2,908 m (9,541 ft). The mountains are primarily composed of metamorphic rock…
Average elevation: 2,451 m
Tassili n'Ajjer
Tassili n'Ajjer lies within the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands ecoregion. Due to the higher elevation of the area, coupled with the water-retentive properties of the sandstone, the vegetation here is somewhat more lush and verdant than in the lower regions of desert; in turn, this creates an attractive…
Average elevation: 842 m
Bordj el Bahri Faizi
Algeria > Algiers > Dar el-Beida District > Bordj El Bahri
Average elevation: 19 m
Erg Chech
It is an almost uninhabited part of the greater Sahara Desert, an inhospitable desert region with long, extremely hot summers and short, very warm winters. The Erg Chech is a vast sandy expanse including compound and complex linear and star dunes. The mean elevation of the Erg Chech is just above 300 m,…
Average elevation: 335 m
Bejaia
Algeria > Bejaia > Bejaia District
Béjaïa owes its existence to its port, which also makes it prosperous. It is located in a sickle-shaped bay protected from the swell of offshore winds (northwest facing) by the advance of Cape Carbon (to the west of the city). The city is backed by Mount Gouraya located in a northwest position. This port…
Average elevation: 60 m
