Bou-Regreg

Valley of the Bou- Regreg in the hinterland of Rabat and Salé

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The Bou- Regreg (Arabic أبو رقراق, DMG Abū Raqrāq ) is an approximately 240 km long river in Morocco in the region of Rabat- Salé- Zemmour- Zaer.

Geography

The Bou- Regreg has several source fluxes are all products in the mountains of the Middle Atlas in the region west of Khénifra. It flows between the cities of Rabat and Salé into the Atlantic Ocean. Its average flow is 23 m³ / s, but this was - before the construction of the reservoir - after heavy rains up to 1500 m³ / s increase.

Reservoir

About 20 kilometers from the mouth of the Bou Regreg and the Oued Grou in 1974 inaugurated reservoir Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah be dammed, which - with its capacity of 245 million cubic meters - essentially ensuring the drinking water supply to the twin cities of Rabat and Salé.

History

Antiquity

The estuary of the Oued Bou Regreg has been inhabited since prehistoric times. There are remains of a Punic port found in the area of ​​Chellah of Rabat. The Romans later took this place and built it from a city, whose remains are still visible today.

Corsair Republic of Bou- Regreg

1627, the two cities Salé and Rabat merged to form the independent Republic of Bou- Regreg that passed through piracy and the slave trade to considerable wealth. At this time, the old town ( medina) of Rabat was extended. Around 1640 came the pirate republic in the dependence of the Dila brotherhood and was captured after their defeat in 1666 of the Alawites (See: Pirate Republic of Bou- Regreg ).

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