This is a list of rivers in Algeria. This list is arranged west to east by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
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Draa River
:''Dra is also the abbreviation for the constellation Draco.''
The Draa ( ber, Asif en Dra, ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⴻⵏ ⴷⵔⴰ, ary, واد درعة, wad dərʿa; also spelled Dra or Drâa, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara) is Morocco's longest ...
Mediterranean Sea
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Tafna River
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Isser River
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Hammam River (
Habra River) (
Macta River
The river Macta is in Algeria
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Sig River
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Mebtouh River
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Chelif River
Chelif River ( ar, وادي الشلف) (also spelled Chéliff, or Sheliff) is a river in Algeria, the longest in the country. It rises in the Saharan Atlas near the city of Aflou, flows through the Tell Atlas and empties into the Mediterranean ...
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Mina River
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Djediouia River
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Ghiou River (Riou River)
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Sly River
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Tsighaout River
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Fodda River
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Rouina River (Zeddine River)
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Ebda River
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Massine River
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Deurdeur River
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Akoum River
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Nahr Ouassel River
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Touil River
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Mazafran River
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Harrach River
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Reghaïa River
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Boudouaou River
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Isser River
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Malah River
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Meraldene River
The Oued Meraldene or Oued Merabtene, also called Oued Bourdine, is a river of Algeria located in Kabylia within the framework of the Province of Boumerdès.
Presentation
The ''Meraldène'' stream is one of the main tributaries of the Boumerd ...
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Sebaou River The Sebaou River, or Oued Sebaou (''Asif n Sabaw'' in Kabyle, ''Wād Sībāw'' or ''Wād Nissa'' in Arabic) is the main river of the western Kabylie region of Algeria (roughly corresponding to the present-day Tizi Ouzou Province), which flows into ...
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Soummam River
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Amassine River
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Bou Sellam River The Bou Sellam River is a river of the Maghreb region in Algeria
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Sahel River
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Kebîr River (Jijel)
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Enndja River
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Rummel River
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Guebli River
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Safsâf River
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Kebir River (Skikda)
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Seybouse River
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Cherf River
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Kebîr River (El Taref)
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Medjerda River
The Medjerda River ( ar, 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 , it is the longest river ...
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Mellègue River
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Ksob River (Chabro)
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Meskiana River
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Sebkhet el Melah
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Oued Saoura
Oued Saoura is an intermittent river, or wadi, formed from the confluence of the Oued Guir and Oued Zouzfana at Igli, forming the Saoura valley. While in the past the flow of the river was steady and plentiful, in recent years it has diminished ...
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Oued Zousfana
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Oued Guir
Oued Guir is an intermittent river or wadi that flows through the Drâa-Tafilalet and Oriental regions in southeastern Morocco and Béchar Province in western Algeria.
Course
The Oued Guir originates high in the Atlas Mountains northeast of ...
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Oued Béchar
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Oued Messaoud
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Oued Tilia
Chott Ech Chergui
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Oued el Korima
Chott el Hodna
The ''Chott el Hodna'' ( ar, شط الحضنة) is a very shallow saline lake in Algeria. It is located within an endorheic basin in the Hodna region, towards the eastern end of the ''Hautes Plaines''. The ''Chott el Hodna'' includes seasonal bra ...
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Oued Leham
Chott Melrhir
Chott Melrhir () also known as Chott Melghir or Chott Melhir is an endorheic chott-kind of salt lake in northeastern Algeria. It is the westernmost part of a series of depressions, which extend from the Gulf of Gabès into the Sahara. They were cr ...
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Oued Djedi
Djedi River, also called Djeddi River, Oued Djedi or Ouad-ed-Djedi ( ar, وادي الجدي ') is a wadi (river with intermittent stream) in Algeria and one of the largest rivers of Sahara. It starts in the Saharan Atlas mountains, at elevati ...
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Oued Zeribet
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Oued el Arab
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Oued el Mitta
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Oued Ittel
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Oued el Kherouf
Sebkhet Safioune
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Oued Zegrir
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Oued Mya
Sebkha Mekerrhane
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Oued Tsaret
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Asouf Mellene
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Oued Tasendjanet
Aharrar
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Oued Igharghar
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Oued Tafassasset
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Oued Ti-n-Tarabine
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Oued Igharghar
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Oued Zazir
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Oued Ti-n-Amzi
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Oued Tamanrasset
Grand Erg Occidental
The Grand Erg Occidental ( ar, العرق الغربي الكبير, al-ʿIrq al-Gharbī al-Kabīr), (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximatel ...
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Oued Namous
References
*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.
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Rivers
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