Volume 1

Algeria / [prepared under the direction of K. Mason].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1943-1944
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Algeria / [prepared under the direction of K. Mason]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION : : : ' ; : : Area and Population (1)—Boundaries (1)—Relief and Climate (3)—The People, their History, and the French Penetration (4) —French Achievements in Algeria (4)—Administration (5)— Resources and Communications (7)—Maps (7)—Spelling of Place-names (8) II. RELIEF, DRAINAGE, AND GEOLOGY OF ALGERIA .__ito I. INTRODUCTION (10) _ II. GEOLOGY AND RELIEF (11): Geological History (11)—Structure and Relief (16)—Running Water (24) III. CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY (27): I. The Tell Atlas (29): The Coastal Mountains (29)—The Oran-—Bougie Depression (38)—The Middle Mountains (43)—The Southern Plains (45) —The Interior Mountains (47) II. The High Plateaux (48) III. The Saharan Atlas (50) IV. ‘Eastern Algeria (52): The Coastal Mountains (53)—The Biban Chain (56)—The Hodna Chain (56)—The Medjana and the Plains of Sétif (5’77)— The Regions of Constantine and Guelma (59)—The Aurés Mountains (60)—The Algerian—Tunisian Chains (61) V. The Sahara (63): The Northern Sahara (63)—The Central Sahara (75) Note on Means of Securing Water in the Sahara (80) III]. THE COAST OF ALGERIA _. ; ; : : so Ro I. GENERAL SUMMARY (84): IJ. DerarILeD DESCRIPTION (85): Moroccan Frontier—Oran (85)—Oran—Algiers (91)—Algiers— Bougie (99)—Bougie—Philippeville (103)——Philippeville—Bone (107)—Béne-Tunisian Frontier (109) IV. THE CLIMATE OF ALGERIA : : ‘ R Ate: ALGERIA (112): Introduction (112)—Pressure and Winds (112)—Temperature (117)—Visibility (121)—Clouds (121)—Precipitation (122)— Storms (127)—Miscellaneous (128)—-Climatic Regions (129)