It is located at the western end of the Aurès Range, with the Hodna Mountains to the west.

The Belezma Range has one of the most important natural Atlas Cedar forests of Algeria.

It is qualified as a 'dry facies'[clarification needed] pure forest owing to its location and the influence of the large deserts nearby, being located only 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the El Kantara gorges, and there has been a high mortality of the trees in recent times.

[citation needed] The Ksar of Belezma (35°40′35″N 5°54′09″E / 35.676402°N 5.902405°E / 35.676402; 5.902405) to the north of the range is the site of an ancient Byzantine fortress.

The now ruined structure was once used as an observation outpost by the Muslim and Arab dynasties that followed the Byzantine domination.