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Sebou River

 

River, northern Morocco. From its source as the Wadi Guigou, it flows north to Fès and then east to the Atlantic Ocean at Mehdiya, a distance of 280 mi (450 km). Its basin is a major region for cultivating olives, rice, wheat, sugar beets, and grapes. Kenitra (pop., 1994: 292,627), 10 mi (16 km) from its mouth, is a busy port at the head of navigation for oceangoing vessels.

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Sebou (Arabic: سبو‎) is a river in northern Morocco. The river is 458 kilometres long and has an average water flow of 137 m3/s. The Sebou is the largest by volume and the second longest river in the country (after the Oum Er-Rbia River). The source is in the Middle Atlas mountains. It passes near the city of Fes and discharges to the Atlantic Ocean in Mehdia. Sebou is navigable for only 20 km until the city of Kenitra, which has 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.

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A number of water pollutants enter the Sebou River, notably including pesticides and fertilisers from agricultural runoff and untreated sewage from towns along the river.[1] In the upper parts of the watershed within the Middle Atlas is the prehistoric range of the endangered primate Barbary macaque, which animal prehistorically had a much larger range in North Africa.[2]

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  1. ^ Michele L. Thieme. 2005
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008


Coordinates: 34°16′N 6°40′W / 34.267°N 6.667°W / 34.267; -6.667



 
 
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