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Hodna

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The Hodna (Le Hodna) is a natural region of Algeria located between the Tell and Saharan Atlas ranges at the eastern end of the Hautes Plaines. [1]

21 relations: Algeria, Batna Province, Brackish water, Chott el Hodna, Endorheic basin, Geography of Algeria, Hautes Plaines, Hodna Mountains, M'Sila Province, M'Sila, Algeria, Natural region, Nomad, Oasis, Ouled Naïl Range, Sabkha, Saharan Atlas, Salt lake, Salt pan (geology), Silt, Steppe, Tell Atlas.

Algeria

Algeria (الجزائر, familary Algerian Arabic الدزاير; ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ; Dzayer; Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.

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Batna Province

Batna (ولاية باتنة) is a wilaya of Algeria in the Aures region.

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Brackish water

Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.

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Chott el Hodna

The Chott el Hodna (شط الحضنة) is a very shallow saline lake in Algeria.

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Endorheic basin

An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin or endorreic basin) (from the ἔνδον, éndon, "within" and ῥεῖν, rheîn, "to flow") is a limited drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but converges instead into lakes or swamps, permanent or seasonal, that equilibrate through evaporation.

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Geography of Algeria

Algeria comprises 2,381,741 square kilometers of land, more than four-fifths of which is desert, in northern Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia.

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Hautes Plaines

The Hautes Plaines (High Plains), also known as Hauts Plateaux, is a steppe-like natural region located in the Atlas Mountains in northern Algeria.

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Hodna Mountains

The Hodna Mountains (جبال هدنة, Monts du Hodna) are a mountain massif in northeastern Algeria.

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M'Sila Province

M'Sila (also spelled Msila, M'sila or MSila) (ولاية المسيلة) is a province (wilaya) of northern Algeria.

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M'Sila, Algeria

M'Sila (also spelled Msila or MSila) (المسيلة); is the capital of M'Sila Province, Algeria, and is co-extensive with M'Sila District.

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Natural region

A natural region is a basic geographic unit.

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Nomad

A nomad (νομάς, nomas, plural tribe) is a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another in search of grasslands for their animals.

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Oasis

In geography, an oasis (plural: oases) is an isolated area in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source, such as a pond or small lake.

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Ouled Naïl Range

The Ouled Naïl Range (سلسلة جبال أولاد نايل, Monts des Ouled Naïl) is a mountain range in Algeria, part of the Saharan Atlas of the greater Atlas Mountain System.

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Sabkha

Sabkha (Arabic: سبخة) is a phonetic translation of the Arabic word used to describe any form of salt flat.

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Saharan Atlas

The Saharan Atlas (الأطلس الصحراوي) is a range of the Atlas Mountain System.

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Salt lake

A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre).

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Salt pan (geology)

Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun.

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Silt

Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay, whose mineral origin is quartz and feldspar.

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Steppe

In physical geography, a steppe (p) is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.

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Tell Atlas

The Tell Atlas (الاطلس التلي) is a mountain chain over in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodna

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