Moulouya River

Moulouya River
Moulouya River
	View of the mouth of the Moulouya
	Course of the Moulouya River [1]
Native name	Iɣẓer en Melwect (Berber languages); وادي ملوية (Arabic);
Location
Country	Morocco
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Jbel Ayachi
• elevation	3,700 m (12,100 ft)
Mouth
• location	Mediterranean Sea near Saïdia
• coordinates	35°07′22″N 2°20′12″W / 35.1228°N 2.3367°W
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	520 km (323 mi)
Discharge
• average	varies
Basin features
Progression	Middle Atlas - Hassan II Dam - Mohamed V Dam - Mediterranean Sea
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Embouchure de la Moulouya
Designated	15 January 2005
Reference no.	1478

The Moulouya River (Berber: iɣẓer en Melwect, Arabic: وادي ملوية) is a 520 km-long (320 mi) river in Morocco. Its sources are located in the Ayashi mountain in the Middle Atlas.^[2] It empties into the Mediterranean Sea near Saïdia, in northeast Morocco.

Water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is used for irrigation and is dammed by the Hassan II and Mohamed V Dams.

^ "Embouchure de la Moulouya". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ Peyron, M. (1990). "'Ayyachi, Jbel". Encyclopédie berbère. Vol. 8. Edisud. pp. 1200–1204. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.188.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] "Embouchure de la Moulouya". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[2] Peyron, M. (1990). "'Ayyachi, Jbel". Encyclopédie berbère. Vol. 8. Edisud. pp. 1200–1204. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.188.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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