Key facts
- Native name
- iɣẓer en Melwect ( Berber languages ) وادي ملوية ( Arabic )
- Country
- Morocco
- Location
- Jbel Ayachi
- Elevation
- 3,700 m (12,100 ft)
- Length
- 520 km (323 mi)
- Average
- varies
- Progression
- Middle Atlas - Hassan II Dam - Mohamed V Dam - Mediterranean Sea
- Official name
- Embouchure de la Moulouya
- Designated
- 15 January 2005
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Moulouya River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Mediterranean Sea
- watershed area
- 50000
- heritage designation
- Ramsar site
- origin of the watercourse
- Atlas Mountains
- discharge
- 50.0
- tributary
- Uadi Za
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Encyclopedic overview
The Moulouya River is a 520 km-long (320 mi) river in Morocco. Its sources are located in the Ayashi mountain in the Middle Atlas. It empties into the Mediterranean Sea near Saïdia, in northeast Morocco.
Water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is used for irrigation and is dammed by the Hassan II and Mohamed V Dams.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moulouya River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.