Mount Kissane ''(Jbel Kissane)'' is a mountain in southeastern

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, in the region of

Drâa-Tafilalet Drâa-Tafilalet () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 88,836 km2 and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Errachidia. Geography Drâa-Tafilalet is situated i ...

. It is a distinctive mountain located in the

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range along the valley of the

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Toponymy

The word Kissane كيسان means "glasses" in

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and the mountain is so named because it is deemed to look like the glasses of

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behind a tea pot in the Moroccan style of serving tea.

Geography

Mount Kissane is a small rocky mountain range with a

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pattern. It has a length of 14 km and a maximum width of about 1.8 km. On the top of the mountain there are two ridges cut by a ravine in the middle. There are several peaks; the highest summit is located at the western end of the range, reaching 1485 m.

Importance in the region

The ''Jbel Kissane'' is a characteristic mountain whose shape dominates the eastern landscape of the town of

Agdz Agdz, also spelled Agdez (, ) is a Morocco, Moroccan town in the Drâa-Tafilalet region, in the Atlas Mountains with a population of about 10,000. It is located at around . Agdz lies at the feet of Djebel Kissane and along the shores of the Draa ...

. Its bare rock takes a variety of

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hues such as

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and

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, depending from the angle of the sunlight and the time of the day. It is as well a dominant feature of the panoramic views from nearby villages such as Ouliz, Taliouine, Ait Ali, Tinfoula, Aremd, Tisserghate, Ait el Kharj, Igamodene,

Tamnougalt Tamnougalt is a kasbah and date palm oasis in the Atlas Mountains, and located in the Draa, Draa River valley in Morocco, some 75 kilometers south of Ouarzazate. The village is close to Agdz and has a famous kasbah. The Jbel Kissane rises to the n ...

, Talate, Talamzit, Timiderte, Ighrghr and Afra.

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Features

References

External links

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Que faire à Agdz ?Through the Tichka
Kissane Geography of Drâa-Tafilalet {{DrâaTafilalet-geo-stub