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The Moulouya River (Berber: iɣẓer en Melwect, Arabic: وادي ملوية) is a 520 km-long river in Morocco. Its sources are located in the Ayashi mountain in the Middle Atlas.[2] It empties into the Mediterranean Sea near Saïdia, in northeast Morocco.

Moulouya River
View of the mouth of the Moulouya
Course of the Moulouya River
Native name	Iɣẓer en Melwect (Berber languages) وادي ملوية (Arabic)
Location
Country	Morocco
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Jbel Ayachi
• elevation	3,700 m (12,100 ft)
Mouth
• location	Mediterranean Sea near Saïdia
• coordinates	35.1228°N 2.3367°W / 35.1228; -2.3367
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	520 km (323 mi)
Discharge
• average	varies
Basin features
Progression	Middle Atlas - Hassan II Dam - Mohamed V Dam - Mediterranean Sea
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Embouchure de la Moulouya
Designated	15 January 2005
Reference no.	1478[1]

Water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is used for irrigation and is dammed by the Hassan II and Mohamed V Dams.

History

Before French colonisation, the Moulouya River was considered as the border between Ottoman Algeria and the dynasties that controlled Morocco.[3][4] A battle between the Algerians and the Alawites took place in 1692 at the ford of this river.

The Romans called this river Malva. In medieval British pseudo-history, it was mentioned as a location along the route supposedly travelled by the ancestors of the Scotti, and by Brutus of Troy.[5][6] The Moulouya River formed the eastern border of the kingdom of Mauretania since King Bocchus I, and more recently of the Rif Republic in the 1920s, a small part of Morocco containing important cities like Saïdia and Oujda lying to the east, between the Moulouya and the border with Algeria. Until 1956 the river also formed the eastern border of the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco.

Ecology

In August 2011 fish were killed by pollutants in the Moulouya River and local residents feared for their crops and livestock.[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Moulouya River at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Moulouya

Der Moulouya (auch Wadi al-Muluyah und Mulwija genannt; arabisch نهر ملوية, DMG Nahr Mulwīya) ist ein 520 km langer Fluss im nordafrikanischen Marokko. Er ist der größte Fluss an der Mittelmeerküste Marokkos.

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- [en] Moulouya River

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[es] Río Muluya

El río Muluya (Malva en latín; en francés, Moulouya) es uno de los ríos marroquíes más importantes. Nace en el Atlas Medio, y discurre unos 520 km en dirección noreste primero para luego virar al norte, hasta desembocar en el mar Mediterráneo, a unos kilómetros al este del cabo del Agua, y muy próximo a la frontera argelina.

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[it] Muluia

La Muluia[1] (AFI: /muˈluja/[2]; in arabo Mulwiyya, in francese Moulouya, in spagnolo Muluya, berbero Melwiyyeṯ), nota già nell'antichità col nome di Molochat, è un fiume del Marocco, che nasce al limite tra l'Alto Atlante e il Medio Atlante nella regione di Almssid vicino a Midelt. È lunga 600 km. Il livello dell'acqua è spesso variabile. Il fiume è utilizzato per l'irrigazione.

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[ru] Мулуя

Мулу́я[1][2], Уэд-Мулуйя[3] (араб. وادي ملوية‎) — река на востоке Марокко, вытекает несколькими истоками из Высокого Атласа, течёт по большой пустынной впадине и впадает в Средиземное море в 10 км к западу от границы с Алжиром (35°07′22″ с. ш. 2°20′12″ з. д.HGЯO). До 1830 г. граница проходила непосредственно по реке.

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