The mountains of Saida are a
mountain range
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of
Algeria
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located in the
west
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Etymology
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of the country and constituting a part of the
Tellian Atlas
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.
Geography
The mountains of Saida are situated in the west of Algeria, between Saida and Frenda, and form a rugged and wooded relief of holm oaks and Aleppo pines at the edge of the steppic plains in the south.
[Marc Côte, Guide d'Algérie : paysages et patrimoine, Média-Plus, 1996, 319 p. (), p. 71]
Many
karst
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sources originate in this mountain range:
Ain Zerga,
Ain Tifrit, Ain Soltane and
Ain Balloul, as well as many streams:
Wadi Tifrit,
Wadi Sidi Minmoun and
Wadi Said.
References
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Mountain ranges of Algeria