Medjerda River

Medjerda
The Medjerda River
Medjerda river drainage basin (Map in French)
Native nameواد مجردة (Arabic)
Location
CountriesAlgeria and Tunisia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTell Atlas, Algeria
Mouth 
 • location
Gulf of Tunis, Mediterranean Sea
Length460 kilometres (290 mi)
Basin size22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average29 m3/s (1,000 cu ft/s)
a view of the river

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]

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