Medjerda River
River in Algeria and Tunisia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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'Bagradas' and 'Bagradas River' redirect here. For the battles, see Battle of the Bagradas River (disambiguation).
The Medjerda River (Arabic: وادي مجردة), the classical Bagrada, 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).[1]
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Medjerda | |
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Native name | واد مجردة (Arabic) |
Location | |
Countries | Algeria and Tunisia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Tell Atlas, Algeria |
Mouth | |
• location | Gulf of Tunis, Mediterranean Sea |
Length | 460 kilometres (290 mi) |
Basin size | 22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 29 m3/s (1,000 cu ft/s) |
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