Chelif River

Chelif (وادي الشلف)
Oued Chelif[1]
Wad Sheliff[2]
River
Cheliff Bridge nearby Ech Cheliff
Country Algeria
Cities Mustaghanam, Ech Cheliff
Source Saharan Atlas
Mouth Mediterranean Sea
Length 700 km (435 mi)

Chelif River (Arabic: وادي الشلف‎‎, Wadi ash-Shalif) (also spelled Chéliff, or Sheliff[3]) is a 700-kilometre (430 mi) long river in Algeria and also the longest one in the country. It rises from the Saharan Atlas near the city of Aflou, flows through the Tell Atlas and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of the city of Mustaghanam at about 36°02′16″N 0°07′53″E / 36.0377778°N 0.1313889°E / 36.0377778; 0.1313889Coordinates: 36°02′16″N 0°07′53″E / 36.0377778°N 0.1313889°E / 36.0377778; 0.1313889. Water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is being used for irrigation (mainly on its lower course).

The river has formerly been called the Mekerra and the Sig River

Notes

  1. ↑ Oued Chelif (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Wad Sheliff (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ↑ EB staff 2015.

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