Sebou River
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The Sebou ( Oued Sebou; Arabic: سبو ) is the largest river in the northwest of Morocco with a length of about 458 kilometers.
Etymology
The name Sebou is probably borrowed from the Berber language: Asbour means " place of the Marshes ". Pliny calls him Subur.
Geography
The headwaters of the Oued Sebou is located in the Middle Atlas. From there it flows north towards Fes and then west through the region of Gharb- Chrarda- Beni Hsen where it irrigates the fertile Rharb ( Gharb ) level. He finally ends west of the industrial port of Kenitra in Mehdia into the Atlantic. The last 17 kilometers of the river are navigable.
The Sebou is one of the major water suppliers in Morocco. Its tributary of Oued al - Wahda Ouergha feeds the Reservoir, the largest reservoir in the country. Another tributary, the Inaouen is dammed by Idriss I Dam.
In the Rharb - level rice and wheat, and citrus fruits, grapes and olives are grown. The introduction of domestic and industrial wastewater from the Sebou but also one of the most polluted rivers of the region.