Khachna

The Khachna Range (جبال الخشنة, Jibal Khashna; Berber Adrar n Kheshna) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located in Kabylie, Algeria.

Geography
The Khachna is a massif made up of two differentiated ranges, one in the north between Thénia and Zemmouri, and the other in the south between Thénia and Lakhdaria.

Its highest point, Bouzegza Mount known in Kabylian as Athrar Azegzaw, has an elevation of 1083 m and it is located in the southern subrange.

Other notable summits are the 710 m high Djerrah Mount, a peak located in the central area of the massif, a second highest point of the southern subrange.

Villages
This mountain range is home to dozens of villages including: • A

• * Ahl El Koudia

• * Ahl El Oued

• * Aït Abdelhadi

• * Aït Afra

• * Aït Ali

• * Aït Dahmane

• * Aït Hamadouche

• * Aït Salah

• * Aït Si Amar

• * Aït Si Saïd

• * Azela

• B

• * Baloul

• * Belhasnet

• * Ben Daoud

• * Ben Younes

• * Beni Arab

• * Beni Fouda

• * Beni Khelifa

• * Berreghlou

• * Bou Ismaïl

• * Bouaïdel

• * Bouchelaghem

• * Boukaraï

• * Boukhanfar

• * Bouredjouane

• C

• * Chorfa

• D

• * Debagha

• * Djaouna

• * Djenah

• * Doukane

• * Draâ Ben Hadhoum

• E

• * El Bor

• F

• * Fekhara

• G

• * Ghazibaouene

• * Gueddara

• * Gueraïchene

• H

• * Hadadcha

• * Haddada

• * Hadj Ahmed

• * Hini

• L

• * Louz

• M

• * Mahrane

• * Mahsas

• * Medjber

• * Meraïel

• * Meraldene

• * Merchicha

• * Mezala

• O

• * Oued Djenane

• * Ouled Ali

• * Ouled Bellemou

• * Ouled Bendou

• * Ouled Bessa

• * Ouled Bouhmed

• * Ouled Boumerdès

• * Ouled Djerrah

• * Ouled Hocine

• * Ouled Mahmoud

• * Ouled Salah

• S

• * Sidi Fredj

• * Sidi Yahia

• * Skhirat

• * Souiga

• * Soumâa

• T

• * Tabrahimt

• * Tachehat

• * Talamali

• * Talilt

• * Talmat

• * Tamsaout

• * Tebabkha

• * Thellath

• * Tigrine

• * Tijijga

• * Timizar

• * Titouna

• * Tiza

• * Tizouighine

• * Toulmout

• * Touzaline

• Z

• * Zaatra

• * Zemmouri El Bahri

• * Zenina

Summits
Several mountain peaks are found in this mountain range:
 * (1032 m)
 * Djerrah Mount (740 m)
 * Ighil Zenabir Mount (630 m)
 * Ben Norah Mount (467 m)
 * Sidi Fredj Mount (452 m)
 * Bouarous Mount (444 m)
 * Soumâa Mount (430 m)
 * Bouzareah Mountain (410m)

Forests
The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:
 * Boukram Forest
 * Corso Forest
 * Zbarbar Forest
 * Zemmouri Forest

Rivers


This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:
 * Arbia River
 * Hamiz River
 * Isser River
 * Keddache River
 * Meraldene River
 * Isser River
 * Keddache River
 * Meraldene River

Dams


Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:
 * Keddara Dam
 * Meraldene Dam