Jbel Kissane
Toponymy
The word Kissane كيسان means "glasses" in Arabic and the mountain is so named because it is deemed to look like the glasses of tea behind a tea pot in the Moroccan style of serving tea.
Geography
Mount Kissane is a small rocky mountain range with a synclinal 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. Its bare rock takes a variety of pastel hues such as pink, salmon and violet, 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, Talate, Talamzit, Timiderte, Ighrghr and Afra.
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References
- ^ Au seuil de la vallée du Drâa Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Draa Valley Cultural Landscape: Agdez, Zagora, Mhamid, and Other Oases, Morocco". Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ Anti-Atlas - Encyclopedie Berbere
- ^ Wikimapia - Jbel Kissane
- ^ Jbel Kissane Maroc
- ^ GoogleEarth
External links
Media related to Jbel Kissane at Wikimedia Commons- Que faire à Agdz ?
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