Taliwin Mountain

Taliwin Mountain
Taliwin Mountain
	Taliwin Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	1,698 m (5,571 ft)
Listing	Babor Mountains - Tell Atlas
Coordinates	36°30′41″N 5°03′34″E / 36.5114557°N 5.0594186°E
Geography
	Kendira - Barbacha District - Béjaïa Province
Parent range	Babor Mountains - Tell Atlas
Geology
Age of rock	Quaternary

Taliwin Mountain is a mountain peak in the Babor mountain range within the Atlas Hill in Algeria, located in the municipality of Kendira in the Barbacha district in Béjaïa Province.^[1]

Description

Taliwin Mountain is the fourth highest mountain peak in Béjaïa, with an elevation of 1,698 m (5,571 ft), right after Babor Mountain (2,004 m (6,575 ft)) thenTakintosht (1,874 m (6,148 ft)), followed by Isak Mountain (1,742 m (5,715 ft)), and it overlooks the eastern Gulf of Béjaïa and the Soummam Basin, and facing the Babor and Djurdjura Mountains.^[2]

In the opposite direction is Takintosht in the south of the Soummam Basin, and Yma Quraya Mountain in the west of Bejaia Bay, where the city of Béjaïa was established.^[3]

The summit of this mountain can be reached via a single national road, National Road 75.^[4]

The mountain overlooks the municipality of Aokas and the municipality of Tichy, among other coastal municipalities.^[5]

Geology

The formation of Taliwin Mountain dates back to the Quaternary of the Cenozoic on the geologic time scale^[6]

The surrounding terrain is covered with gray marble, connected by paths of reddish siderite and iron ore.^[7]

The composition of this terrain is also characterized by an amount of crystalline schist and mica-schist.^[8]

Quarries

Around the foothills of Taliwin Mountain are several quarries that specialize in the extraction of:^[9]

Rocks.
Marble.^[10]
Sand.
Gravel.
Clay to make ceramics.
Non-metallic ores.^[11]
Clay

Valleys

Many valleys originate and surround Taliwin Mountain, including:^[12]

Aqrion Valley.
Bou Sellam Valley .
Amasin Valley.

Dams and lakes

Egil Amda Dam
Egzer Oftis Dam
Sheabat el Akhira Dam

Ecological diversity

Barbary macaque

The Barbary macaque is found near Taliwin Mountain.^[13]

Photos gallery

Location of Taliwin Mountain in Kendira Municipality
Plate tectonics

References

^ Google Maps Archived December 06, 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Le Bois de Ben Haroun Archived September 23, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Djazairess : Ruée sur les monts Takoucht et Adhrar N'fadh Archived December 06, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
^ Activités de developpement 2013 - fassmdz Archived December 06, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
^ Les montagnes de Kabylie sécurisées du jour au lendemain ? - Tamurt.info Archived December 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
^ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170329145903/http://www.pap-thecoastcentre.org/pdfs/Urbanisation-artificialisation%20des%20sols.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-29. {{citation
^ Bulletin de la Société géologique de France Archived December 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine.
^ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234621/http://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2014/pres2014-0313.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) in 2016-
^ Entre les Babors et les Bibans : Haltes sur les monts de Sétif Archived December 06, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
^ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061718/http://biblio.univ-alger.dz/jspui/bitstream/1635/387/1/33166%20T4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02.
^ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170202094957/http://193.194.83.98/jspui/bitstream/1635/178/1/22381.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-
^ http://www.univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/bitstream/handle/123456789/5096/R%C3%A9gime%20alimentaire%20du%20Crapaud%20berb%C3%A8re%20%28Amietophrynus%20mauritanicus%29%20dans%20la%20r%C3%A9gion%20des%20Babors.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Archvied 2020-03-11 on Wayback Machine.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191224201909/http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2016/10/10/article.php?sid=203108&cid=51. Archived from the original on 2019-12-24.

External links

Official website for Béjaïa province.

[1] Google Maps Archived December 06, 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Le Bois de Ben Haroun Archived September 23, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

[3] Djazairess : Ruée sur les monts Takoucht et Adhrar N'fadh Archived December 06, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.

[4] Activités de developpement 2013 - fassmdz Archived December 06, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.

[5] Les montagnes de Kabylie sécurisées du jour au lendemain ? - Tamurt.info Archived December 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.

[6] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170329145903/http://www.pap-thecoastcentre.org/pdfs/Urbanisation-artificialisation%20des%20sols.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-29. {{citation

[7] Bulletin de la Société géologique de France Archived December 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine.

[8] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234621/http://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2014/pres2014-0313.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) in 2016-

[9] Entre les Babors et les Bibans : Haltes sur les monts de Sétif Archived December 06, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.

[10] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061718/http://biblio.univ-alger.dz/jspui/bitstream/1635/387/1/33166%20T4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02.

[11] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170202094957/http://193.194.83.98/jspui/bitstream/1635/178/1/22381.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-

[12] ttp://www.univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/bitstream/handle/123456789/5096/R%C3%A9gime%20alimentaire%20du%20Crapaud%20berb%C3%A8re%20%28Amietophrynus%20mauritanicus%29%20dans%20la%20r%C3%A9gion%20des%20Babors.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Archvied 2020-03-11 on Wayback Machine.

[13] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20191224201909/http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2016/10/10/article.php?sid=203108&cid=51. Archived from the original on 2019-12-24.

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