Hautes Plaines

Hautes Plaines
Natural region
Landscape of the eastern Hautes Plaines near Ksar Sbahi, Oum el Bouaghi Province
Landscape of the eastern Hautes Plaines near Ksar Sbahi, Oum el Bouaghi Province
A map of northern Algeria showing the location of the Hautes Plaines
A map of northern Algeria showing the location of the Hautes Plaines
CountryAlgeria and NE Morocco
Elevation
1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Winter in the Hautes Plaines near Aïn Babouche.

The Hautes Plaines ("High Plains", Arabic: الهضاب العليا), also known in French as Hauts Plateaux, is a steppe-like natural region located in the Atlas Mountains in northern Algeria. It stretches more than 600 km (370 mi) in an east northeast – west southwest direction from northeastern Morocco to the Aures. It is a high plateau area consisting of undulating, steppe-like alluvial plains lying between the Tell and Saharan Atlas ranges.