Teffedest Mountains

Teffedest Mountains
275px View of 2,330 m high mount Garet el Djenoun, Teffedest, Algeria
Highest point
Peak	In Akoulmou
Elevation	2370
Coordinates
Dimensions
Length	N/S
Width	E/W
Geography
Teffedest Mountains
Country	Algeria
State/Province	Tamanrasset Province
Parent range	Hoggar Mountains

The Teffedest Mountains are a mountain range in southern Algeria. They are part of the Hoggar Mountains, located in the Sahara.

Geography

The Teffedest Range is about 120 km long in a north-south direction. Unlike the rest of the Hoggar Mountains, which are composed mainly of dark volcanic rock, the Teffedest is composed of pale granite. There are ancient cave paintings on some rock walls of the range. Dunes are rare in the area of this range.

The highest point of the Teffedest is the In Akoulmou, but the impressive Garet el Djenoun, located at the northern end of the range, is one of the most conspicuous peaks of the range.

Ecology

The Teffedest Mountains have been habitat to the last relict population of painted hunting dog (Lycaon pictus) within Algeria, although the species is now deemed by some to be extirpated from Algeria, due to habitat destruction by humans and by ongoing desertification.

External links

• Ahaggar National Park - The Biodiverse Home of the Saharan Cheetah