Khachna

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.^[2]

Its highest point, Bouzegza Mount known in Kabylian as Athrar Azegzaw, has an elevation of 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) and it is located in the southern subrange.^[3]

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.^[4]

This mountain range is home to dozens of villages including:

Several mountain peaks are found in this mountain range:^[5]

• Bouzegza Mount [ar] (1032 m)^[6]
• Djerrah Mount (740 m)^[7]
• Ighil Zenabir Mount (630 m)
• Ben Norah Mount (467 m)^[8]
• Sidi Fredj Mount (452 m)^[9][10]
• Bouarous Mount (444 m)^[11]
• Soumâa Mount (430 m)
• Bouzareah Mountain (410m)

The plant cover in this mountain range shelters several forests including:

• Boukram Forest
• Corso Forest
• Zbarbar Forest
• Zemmouri Forest

This mountain range is crossed by dozens of rivers:

• Arbia River
• Boudouaou River [ar]
• Oued Boumerdès [ar]
• Oued Corso [ar]
• Hamiz River
• Isser River
• Keddache River
• Meraldene River

Several hydraulic dams have been built on the waterways of this mountain range:

• Keddara Dam
• Meraldene Dam
• Beni Amrane Dam [fr]
• Hamiz Dam [fr]

• 
  Bouzegza Mount [ar]
• 
  Bouarous Mount
• 
  Keddara Dam

• Kabyles
• Al-arbaâ Valley
• List of mountains in Algeria
• Tell Atlas
• Reghaïa Valley
• Corso Valley
• Boudouaou Valley
• Boumerdès Valley
• Arabeya Valley