Oum Er-Rbia ( Arabic : أم الربيع , romanized : the mother of spring ) is a large, long and high-throughput river in central Morocco .
4-412: Oum Rabia (Arabic: أم الربيع lit. ' mother of spring ' ) could refer to: Oum Er-Rbia River Oum Rabia (commune) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oum Rabia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
8-764: 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 is Al Massira Dam . Its most important tributaries are the El-Abid River , the Tessaoute River , and
12-630: 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 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
16-496: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oum_Rabia&oldid=1256204621 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Arabic-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oum Er-Rbia River The river is 555 kilometres (345 mi) long. With an average water throughput of 105 m /s, Oum Er-Rbia
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