Medjerda River

Medjerda
Medjerda
	The Medjerda River
	Medjerda river drainage basin (Map in French)
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)

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]

^ Beschaouch, Azedine (1986). "De l'Africa latino-chrétienne à l'Ifriqiya arabo-musulmane: questions de toponymie". CRAI (in French). 130 (3): 530–549.

[1] Beschaouch, Azedine (1986). "De l'Africa latino-chrétienne à l'Ifriqiya arabo-musulmane: questions de toponymie". CRAI (in French). 130 (3): 530–549.

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