Oum Er-Rbia (Arabic: أم الربيع, the mother of spring), is a river in central Morocco. The river is 555 km long. With an average water debit of 105 m3/s, Oum Er-Rbia is the second largest river in Morocco after the Sebou River. It takes source in the Middle Atlas and passes through the city of Khénifra and comes in the Atlantic Ocean in Azemmour. Oum Er-Rbia has six dams, the most important of which is Al Massira Dam. Its most important tributaries are El-Abid River, Tessaoute River, and Lakhdar River.
The original Berber name, is Asif n Isaffen, meaning the river of rivers.
Coordinates: 33°19′12″N 8°20′17″W / 33.320°N 8.338°W / 33.320; -8.338
| This Morocco location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Famous quotes containing the word river:
“This ferry was as busy as a beaver dam, and all the world seemed anxious to get across the Merrimack River at this particular point, waiting to get set over,—children with their two cents done up in paper, jail-birds broke lose and constable with warrant, travelers from distant lands to distant lands, men and women to whom the Merrimack River was a bar.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)