Chelif River
Chelif River (Arabic: وادي الشلف) (also spelled Chéliff, or Sheliff) is a 700-kilometre-long (430 mi) river in Algeria, the longest in the country.
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
It rises in the Saharan Atlas near the city of Aflou, flows through the Tell Atlas and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of the city of Mostaganem. The water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is being used for irrigation (mainly on its lower course).
| Chelif Oued Chelif Wad Sheliff | |
|---|---|
 Cheliff Bridge nearby Ech Cheliff | |
| Etymology | Berber Chenaliph |
| Native name | وادي الشلف (Arabic) |
| Location | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Cities | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Saharan Atlas |
| Mouth | Mediterranean Sea |
• coordinates | 36°02′22″N 0°07′59″E / 36.03944°N 0.13306°E |
| Length | 725 km (450 mi) |
The river was formerly called the Mekerra and the Sig River.
Notes
References
- EB staff (26 April 2015), "Chelif River - river, Algeria", Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 26 April 2015
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Chelif River, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.