The Abiod Valley, aka Oued El Abiod, is a mountain pass in the Aurés massif, located in the Saharan Atlas in northeastern Algeria. In a range of hills or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch, In Geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or Flexures In the movement of the crust, a massif The Saharan Atlas of Algeria is the eastern portion of the Atlas Mountains. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The vegetation in the highlands on the north end of the valley is typically Mediterranean with dense forests of oaks, pines and ancient cedars. A Mediterranean climate is one that resembles the Climate of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, which includes over half of the area with this climate type world-wide The southern part is mainly desert with little vegetation.
The valley has several Oases which include the village of Rhoufi. In Geography, an oasis (plural oases) or Cienega ( Southwestern United States) is an isolated area of vegetation in a Desert, typically
It is included in the Readers Digest publication Natural Wonders of the World. Reader's Digest is a monthly general-interest family Magazine co-founded in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and DeWitt Wallace.
References
- Readers Digest (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. Readers Digest. Reader's Digest is a monthly general-interest family Magazine co-founded in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and DeWitt Wallace. ISBN 0895770873, page 27.