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- ↑ Analyse de la dynamique des systèmes et approche d'aménagement intégrée en zones de la montagne - Cas des montagnes des Trara (wilaya de Tlemcen) [archive], Université de Tlemcen, p12.
- ↑ Marc Côte, Guide d'Algérie : paysages et patrimoine, Média-Plus, 1996, 319 p. ( ISBN 9961-922-00-X), p. 32.
- ↑ Analyse de la dynamique des systèmes et approche d'aménagement intégrée en zones de la montagne - Cas des montagnes des Trara (wilaya de Tlemcen) [archive], Université de Tlemcen, p12.
