Oum Er-Rbia ( Arabic : أم الربيع , romanized : the mother of spring ) is a large, long and high-throughput river in central Morocco .
7-642: The river is 555 kilometres (345 mi) long. With an average water throughput of 105 m/s, Oum Er-Rbia is the second-largest river in Morocco after the Sebou River . It originates in the Middle Atlas and passes through the city of Khénifra , arriving at its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean at the port of Azemmour , located on its left bank. Oum Er-Rbia has six dams, the most important of which
14-622: Is Al Massira Dam . Its most important tributaries are the El-Abid River , the Tessaoute River , and the Lakhdar River . According to scholars, the original Berber common name of the river is Wansifen and was only changed recently, circa 16th or 17th century, and a nearby village called Oum Rabia might have influenced this change. Oum Er-Rbia is fed by a large number of groundwater springs. The area near its headwaters
21-443: Is called "The Forty Springs" as a result, although that is a poetic term rather than an exact count. 33°19′12″N 8°20′17″W / 33.320°N 8.338°W / 33.320; -8.338 This article related to a river in Morocco is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sebou River The Sebou ( Berber : Asif en Sbu , Arabic : سبو ) is a river in northern Morocco . At its source in
28-621: Is scant historical reference to the Sebou being used for navigation after the Islamic conquest ; nevertheless, its river mouth was an important harbor and shipyard in the Almohad period. In 1669–1670, the Alaouite sultan Moulay Rashid built a bridge over the river near Fes which has been preserved today. During the precolonial period, the Sebou was renowned for its Twait shad which
35-477: The Middle Atlas mountains it is known as the Guigou River (Berber: Asif n Gigu ). The river is 496 kilometers long and has an average water flow of 137 m /s, which makes it the largest North African river by volume. It passes near Fes , the second largest city in Morocco, and discharges to the Atlantic Ocean at Mehdya . Sebou is navigable for only 16 km as far as the city of Kenitra , which has
42-596: The only river port in Morocco. Its most important tributaries are the Ouergha River , Baht River and Inaouen River . The river supports irrigation in Morocco's most fertile region: the Gharb . Sebou was known in antiquity as Sububus. Pliny the Elder states that it was "magnificus et navigabilis" (grand and navigable), flowing near the towns of Banasa (near the city of Mechra Bel Ksiri ) and Thamusida . There
49-556: Was highly prized by the people of Fez , but due to pollution the shad became extinct on the Sebou. In the first years of the French protectorate an expedition successfully navigated the Sebou from Sidi Ali Ben Sliman to the city of Fez on a small steam boat Le Dantec. A number of water pollutants enter the Sebou River, notably including pesticides and fertilisers from agricultural runoff and untreated sewage from towns along
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