View of oued Mellah valley
The rivers between Casablanca and Rabat with the Mellah (centre right)

Oued Mellah (in Arabic language oued means river and mellah means salty) is a seasonal creek in coastal Morocco. Oued Mellah is 160 km long and has an average flow of 1.46 m3/s.[1] It takes sources north of Khouribga at an elevation of 760 m and empties in the Atlantic Ocean in the city of Mohammedia. There are two dams over Oued Mellah; the first was built during the French Protectorate to provide water to Casablanca. A newer dam, named Tamesna, was built upstream near the city of Ben Ahmed.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • www.water.gov.ma

33°42′07″N 7°24′13″W / 33.7019°N 7.4036°W / 33.7019; -7.4036


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