Friday, February 8, 2013

Video : Hoggar (Ahaggar), The Valley Of Wonders (Music Of Tuareg Women)

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Algeria Sahara 2013. Music full Tuareg women and rare photos to see the end of this video. The valley of wonders. Assekrem Tamanrasset HOGGAR; MONT ILLAMANE 2900m it is the third most garnd top of Algeria after ASSEKREM 2908m altitude TAMANRASSET Algeria. Hoggar, Arabic جبال هقار in Idurar Uhaggar Tuareg, a mountainous western Sahara, southern Algeria. Crossed by the Tropic of Cancer at 80 km north of Tamanrasset, Hoggar covers an area of ​​approximately 540,000 km2, one quarter of the total area of Algeria.
 
To the east of Tamanrasset is more than 2000 meters a plateau eroded 250 km in diameter composed of lava flows, Atakor Hoggar, on which stand the volcanoes at an altitude close the 3000 meters. The culmination of the massive Tahat with 2918 meters, is the highest mountain in the country. Composed of the rugged peaks and cliffs of basalt and porphyry is a popular place for climbing.

 
The high temperatures of summer contrasted with those winter where it can freeze, rain is rare. However, these inhospitable conditions are less extreme than in the rest of the Sahara and the Hoggar is a place of life of certain plant and animal species that distinguish these mountains the rest of the Sahara.


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