Sebou River

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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.

Environmental issues

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]

See also

• Idriss I (dam)

References

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, GlobalTwitcher.com
• Michele L. Thieme. 2005. Freshwater ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment 431 pages

Line notes

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

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