Cave of Chiffa / Gorges of Chiffa

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A river gorge with caves in the Tell Atlas near Blida, Algeria, recorded in historical botanical specimen notes and 19th–20th century herbarium records. The provided sources document the locality for plant collections but contain no accounts of paranormal activity or local legends.

The Haunting

The Cave of Chiffa (Gorges of Chiffa) refers to caves and rocky defiles along the Chiffa River gorge in the Tell Atlas south of Algiers/Blida. The site appears in historical botanical literature and specimen labels (examples cited from 1849 and 1920), where collectors such as Reuter, Boissier, and Maire recorded plant localities in the 'faucibus fiuminis Chiffa' (Latin: the throat/gorges of the Chiffa river). The provided source material is a botanical compilation of specimen localities and dates rather than an account of human history, folklore, or paranormal investigation. The research notes and cited source do not report any supernatural phenomena, named entities, or local legends tied to the Cave/Gorges of Chiffa. Any statements about eerie occurrences, apparitions, or folkloric associations are not present in the provided botanical notes and would require additional ethnographic or historical sources to document. The site's significance in the supplied material is botanical and historical (as a collection locality), with specimen dates including mid-19th century references (1849) and early 20th century collections (30 June 1920).

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Sources
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    Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen/locality entries). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh — specimen/locality entries referencing 'in Atlante Algeriensi supraBlidah ascendendo ad Ain Telazid in faucibus fiuminis Chiffa, 1849, Reuter, Boisser s.n.' and specimen dates including '30 vi 1920, Maire s.n.'academic
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