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Ouergha River

Coordinates: 34°29′10″N 5°21′47″E / 34.48611°N 5.36306°E / 34.48611; 5.36306
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Ouergha River
The Sebou River watershed with the oued Ouergha (upper center)

The Ouergha River or Oued Ouerrha (Berber: Asif n Wergha)(Arabic:واد ورغة) is a watercourse in Morocco that is tributary to the Sebou River.

History

The Ouergha River was a key battle site in the French invasion of Morocco in the year 1924. The French, encouraging the fighting of native Moroccan tribes among each other, advanced with 12,000 troops to a crossing of the Ouergha and achieved a major victory here without a shot being fired.[1]

Natural history

In the upper parts of the watershed within the Middle Atlas is the prehistoric range of the endangered primate Barbary macaque, which animal prehistorically had a much larger range in North Africa.[2]

See also

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Line notes

  1. ^ William A. Hoisington. 2005
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008

References

34°29′10″N 5°21′47″E / 34.48611°N 5.36306°E / 34.48611; 5.36306


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