Medjerda River
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major river in Tunisia, the ancient Bagrada
Key facts
- Native name
- واد مجردة ( Arabic )
- Countries
- Algeria and Tunisia
- Location
- Tell Atlas , Algeria
- Length
- 460 km (290 mi)
- Basin size
- 22,000 km (8,500 mi )
- Average
- 29 m /s (1,000 cu ft/s)
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Wikidata facts
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Gulf of Tunis
- Commons category
- Medjerda
- watershed area
- 22500
- origin of the watercourse
- Atlas Mountains
- discharge
- 29.0
- tributary
- Oued Siliana
- native label
- مجردة
- drainage basin
- Mediterranean Basin
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Encyclopedic overview
a view of the river The Medjerda River (Arabic: وادي مجردة), the classical Bagradas, is a river in North Africa flowing from northeast Algeria through Tunisia before emptying into the Gulf of Tunis and Lake of Tunis. With a length of 450 km (280 mi), it is the longest river of Tunisia. It is also known as the Wadi Majardah or Mejerda (French: Oued Majardah).
Course
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