Oum Er-Rbia River in the context of "Sidi Bennour Province"

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⭐ Core Definition: Oum Er-Rbia River

Oum Er-Rbia (Arabic: أم الربيع, romanized: the mother of spring) is a large, long and high-throughput river in central Morocco.

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 is Al Massira Dam. Its most important tributaries are the El-Abid River, the Tessaoute River, and the Lakhdar River.

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👉 Oum Er-Rbia River in the context of Sidi Bennour Province

Sidi Bennour Province (Berber : ⵜⴰⵙⴳⴰ ⵏ ⵙⵉⴷⵉ ⴰⴱⵉ ⵉⵏⵏⵓⵔ Arabic: إقليم سيدي بنور) is one of the Moroccan provinces on the western coast of the country. It was named after Abu Yenour Abd Allah Iben ouchris Al-Doukkali, a Sufi jurist who was a contemporary of the Almoravid state. The province was created in 2009 by separating it from neighboring provinces and belongs to the Casablanca-Settat region north of Marrakesh. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, El Jadida Province to the northwest, Safi Province to the southwest, Rehamna and Youssoufia Province to the southeast, and finally Settat Province and the Oum Er-Rbia River to the northeast. Its capital is Sidi Bennour, and the largest city in the province is Oualidia. Sidi Bennour is often referred to as Sidi Bennour Province to distinguish it from the provincial capital, the city of Sidi Bennour.

Sidi Bennour Province is an administrative division in Morocco, with an area of 116.1 square miles (300,733 km), and is the thirty-fifth most populous province, with a population of more than 452,538 people. The majority of the population of Sidi Bennour Province lives in the city of Sidi Bennour. It is a center for sugar beet production in the region. Sidi Bennour Province is known for its fertile soil, diverse vegetation, and abundant water. All of these factors have helped the region flourish with its diverse agricultural products such as squash and corn, as well as livestock. It is also known for its economic prosperity, as it has become a destination for all traders from industrial cities such as Fez and Marrakech. It is also distinguished by the presence of Oualidia Beach on the Atlantic coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Morocco, which is considered one of the smallest Moroccan beaches on its Atlantic coast. The Sidi Bennour region is known for its diverse weekly markets throughout the week, including Tnine Chtouka, Tlat Sidi Bennour, Khmis Ksiba, Larbaâ Laaounate, Khmis Zemamra, jamaa Bni Hilal, and Sebt Saiss.

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Oum Er-Rbia River in the context of Chaouia (Morocco)

The Chaouia (Arabic: الشاوية, romanized: Shāwiyya) is a plain and historical and ethno-geographical region of Morocco in the historical region of Tamesna. It is bounded by the Oum er-Rbi' River to its southwest, the Cherrate River to its northeast, the plain of Tadla to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the northwest. The region covers a land area of nearly 14 000 km. The term also refers to a tribal confederation that traditionally inhabits the region.

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Oum Er-Rbia River in the context of Middle Atlas

The Middle Atlas (Amazigh: ⴰⵟⵍⴰⵚ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, Atlas Anammas, Arabic: الأطلس المتوسط, al-Aṭlas al-Mutawassiṭ) is a mountain range in Morocco. It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a mountainous region with more than 100,000 km, 15 percent of its landmass, rising above 2,000 metres. The Middle Atlas is the northernmost and second highest of three main Atlas Mountains chains of Morocco. To south, separated by the Moulouya and Um Er-Rbiâ rivers, lies the High Atlas. The Middle Atlas form the westernmost end of a large plateaued basin extending eastward into Algeria, also bounded by the Tell Atlas to the north and the Saharan Atlas to the south, both lying largely in Algeria. North of the Middle Atlas and separated by the Sebou River, lie the Rif mountains which are an extension of the Baetic System, which includes the Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain. The basin of the Sebou is not only the primary transportation route between Atlantic Morocco and Mediterranean Morocco but is an area, watered by the Middle Atlas range, that constitutes the principal agricultural region of the country.

The Barbary macaque is native to the Middle Atlas, and chief populations occur only in restricted range in parts of Morocco and Algeria. Snow persists in the Middle Atlas in the winter and can appear starting at 600 m above sea level.

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Oum Er-Rbia River in the context of Khénifra

Khenifra (Arabic: خنيفرة) is a city in northern central Morocco, surrounded by the Atlas Mountains and located on the Oum Er-Rbia River. National Highway 8 also goes through the town. The population, as of the 2024 census, was at 123,738.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Chaouia (Morocco) ← Middle Atlas ← Sidi Bennour Province ← Khénifra
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Arabic language → Romanization of Arabic → Morocco → Sebou River → Middle Atlas → Khénifra → Atlantic Ocean → Azemmour → Al Massira Dam → Tributary → El-Abid River →