<P> The Saharan Atlas of Algeria is the eastern portion of the Atlas mountain range . Though not as high as the Grand Atlas, they are far more imposing than the Tell Atlas range that runs to the north of them and closer to the coast . The highest peak in the range is the 2,236 m (7,336 ft) high Djebel Aissa . They mark the northern edge of the Sahara Desert . The mountains see some rainfall and are better suited to agriculture than the plateau region to the north . Today most of the population of the region are Berbers (Imazighen). </P> <P> The Tell Atlas is a mountain chain over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges and stretching from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia . It parallels the Mediterranean coast . Together with the Saharan Atlas to the south it forms the northernmost of two more or less parallel ranges which gradually approach one another towards the east, merging in Eastern Algeria . At the western ends at the Middle Atlas range in Morocco . The area immediately to the south of this range is the high plateau of the Hautes Plaines, with lakes in the wet season and salt flats in the dry . </P> <P> The Aurès Mountains of Algeria and Tunisia are the farthest eastern portion of the Atlas mountain range . The Aurès natural region is named after the range . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (April 2018) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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