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Moulouya
The Moulouya River (Berber: ''iɣẓer en Melwect'', ) is a river in Morocco. Its sources are located in the Ayashi mountain in the Middle Atlas. 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. History Before French colonisation, the Moulouya River was considered as the border between Regency of Algiers and the dynasties that controlled Morocco. A battle between the Algerians and the Alawites took place in 1692 at the ford of this river. The Romans called this river '' Malva'' and '' Mulucha''. In medieval British pseudo-history, it was mentioned as a location along the route supposedly travelled by the ancestors of the Scotti, and by Brutus of Troy. The Moulouya River formed the eastern border of the kingdom of Mauretania since King Bocchus I, and more recently of the Rif Republic in the 1920s, a small part of Morocco c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Moulouya
The Battle of Moulouya took place in May 1692 at a ford on the Moulouya River, Moulouya river in Morocco. It was fought between the armies of the Alawi Sultanate, Alawi sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif , Moulay Ismail and those of the Dey, Dey of Algiers Hadj Ahmed Chabane, Hadj Chabane. Background Hadj Chabane had just been elected Dey by the Taifa of the Raïs. He decided to declare war on the Sultan of Morocco as a result of continued efforts to ravage his territory. The borders between Ottoman Algeria and Morocco was first fixed at the Moulouya River, Moulouya upon the Campaign of Tlemcen (1551), Tlemcen War in 1551. This was the fixed border until the city of Oujda was temporarily conquered by the Alawi Sultanate, Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Sharif, Sidi Mohammed in 1647. A peace treaty between the two parties then delimited the border below the Tafna (upstream of Moulouya river). Moulay Ismail had led expeditions in Algeria twice in his early reign, he was defeated on both occasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulucha
The Mulucha also known as Moulouya is a river in Ancient Mauretania (''Classical Latin''): /ˈmu.lu.kʰa/, �mʊɫ̪ʊkʰä which was used as a boundary between the Mauri and Massaesyli. Believed to be an ancient term of its modern name, the Moulouya River set in modern-day Morocco. Also alternatively known by its other historical name used later on, the Malva. Terminology Titus Livius (also known as Livy) has the earliest mention of the Mulucha River. Having written his books between 27 and 9 BC. Later on through the ''Historia Brittonum'' and ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' it was mentioned under the name Malva(m) or ''Malvae''. It is not clear when exactly the modern name Moulouya River came to be. However it seems that its terminology already existed in the Middle Ages. Having been used as a description in historical events like the Battle of Moulouya. History One of the earliest people argued to have had control over the Mulucha River is said to be Baga. An Berber king of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Atlas
The Middle Atlas (Amazigh: ⴰⵟⵍⴰⵚ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, ''Atlas Anammas'', Arabic: الأطلس المتوسط, ''al-Aṭlas al-Mutawassiṭ'') is a mountain range in Morocco. It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a mountainous region with more than 100,000 km2, 15 percent of its landmass, rising above 2,000 metres. The Middle Atlas is the northernmost and second highest of three main Atlas Mountains chains of Morocco. To south, separated by the Moulouya and Um Er-Rbiâ rivers, lies the High Atlas. The Middle Atlas form the westernmost end of a large plateaued basin extending eastward into Algeria, also bounded by the Tell Atlas to the north and the Saharan Atlas to the south, both lying largely in Algeria. North of the Middle Atlas and separated by the Sebou River, lie the Rif mountains which are an extension of the Baetic System, which includes the Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain. The basin of the Sebou is not only the primary transportation route betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regency Of Algiers
The Regency of Algiers was an Early modern period, early modern semi-independent Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman province and nominal Tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj Barbarossa, Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, Hayreddin Reis (also known as the Barbarossa brothers), the Regency succeeded the Kingdom of Tlemcen as an infamous and formidable base that waged maritime Religious war, holy war on European Christian powers. Elected regents headed a stratocracy that haunted European imagination for three centuries but still gained recognition as a regional power. The Regency emerged in the 16th-century Ottoman–Habsburg wars. As self-proclaimed gaining popular support and Legitimacy (political), legitimacy from the religious leaders at the expense of hostile local Emir, emirs, the Barbarossa brothers and their successors carved a unique corsair stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan II Dam
The Hassan II Dam, also known as the Sidi Said Dam, is a gravity dam on the Moulouya River about north of Midelt in Midelt Province, Morocco. It has a maximum storage capacity of 400 million cubic meters. The dam is used for potable water, irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ... and the protection of downstream areas and dams against floods and siltation. Construction of the dam began in February 2001 and it was completed in March 2005. References Dams in Morocco Gravity dams Dams completed in 2005 Roller-compacted concrete dams 21st-century architecture in Morocco {{Africa-dam-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed V Dam
The Mohamed V Dam is an arch-gravity dam located south of Zaio on the Moulouya River in Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco. The primary purpose of the dam is supplying water for the irrigation of downstream. Water is also used for hydroelectric power production and water supply to the city of Nador. The dam is named after Mohammed V of Morocco. Environment The dam's reservoir and wetlands were designated as a Ramsar site in 2005. The site has also been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant breeding populations of ruddy shelducks and marbled teals. See also *Al Massira Dam – another Ramsar site in Morocco * List of power stations in Morocco This article lists all power stations in Morocco. Hydroelectric Thermal Solar Wind See also * List of power stations in Africa * List of largest power stations in the world * Energy in Morocco * Energy policy of Morocco Referenc ... References Dams completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccation, desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The sea was an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rif Republic
The Republic of the Rif ( ''Jumhūriyyatu r-Rīf'') was a confederate republic in the Rif, Morocco, that existed between 1921 and 1926. It was created in September 1921, when a coalition of Riffians and Jebala led by Abd el-Krim revolted in the Rif War against the Spanish protectorate in Morocco. The French would intervene on the side of Spain in the later stages of the conflict. A protracted struggle for independence killed many Rifians and Spanish–French soldiers, and witnessed the use of chemical weapons by the Spanish army—their first widespread deployment since the end of the World War I. The eventual Spanish–French victory was owed to the technological and manpower advantages despite their lack of morale and coherence. Following the war's end, the Republic was ultimately dissolved in 1926. History Background The French and Spanish empires both colonized Morocco, and in 1912 the Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco established Spanish and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocchus I
Bocchus, often referred to as Bocchus I for clarity, was king of Mauretania from – 80 BCE. He was father-in-law to the Numidian king Jugurtha, with whom he initially allied against the Romans in the Jugurthine War, a lengthy and indecisive conflict. King Bocchus eventually betrayed Jugurtha to the Romans in 105 BCE. Jugurtha was captured and imprisoned in Rome, while the Romans and Bocchus divided Jugurtha's Numidian kingdom between them. Etymology of his name A. Pellegrin suggests that the name Bocchus is only the Latin form of a Berber name, possibly Wekkus. This name may be related to the Touareg "Aweqqas", which means "lion", or, in the local Aokas dialect, "shark", and can be used as a male name. Several locations in North Africa bear etymologically related names, such as the city of Aokas in Algeria, and Djebel Ouekkas in Tunisia. Life and family Very little is known about Bocchus I or his Mauretanian kingdom. He was probably the son or grandson of King Baga of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauretania
Mauretania (; ) is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, encompassing northern present-day Morocco, and from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean in the north to the Atlas Mountains. Its native inhabitants, of Berbers, Berber ancestry, were known to the Romans as the Mauri and the Masaesyli. In 25 BC, the kings of Mauretania became Roman vassals until about 44 AD, when the area was annexed to Rome and divided into two provinces: Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis. Christianity spread there from the 3rd century onwards. After the Muslim Arabs subdued the region in the 7th century, Islam became the dominant religion. Moorish kingdom Mauretania existed as a tribal kingdom of the Berber Mauri, Mauri people. In the early 1st century Strabo recorded ''Maûroi'' (Μαῦροι in Greek language, Greek) as the native name of a people opposite the Iberian Peninsula. This appel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Malvam
The River Malvam (Anglicized: Malve), also known as the Malva or Malua is a river in ancient North Africa mentioned in the ''Historia Brittonum'' and ''Historia Regum Britanniae''. In these accounts, it lies west of the Mountains of Azaria in Mauretania. Academics have identified it as the present-day Moulouya River. ''Historia Brittonum'' The ''Historia Brittonum'' () contains the earliest surviving version of the legendary origin story of the Scoti, later retold as the Irish legends of Fénius Farsaid, Scota, and Goídel Glas. In it, an unnamed Scythian nobleman living in Egypt travels with his household along the North African coast to Hispania, where they settle. The ''Historia Brittonum'' names a number of places along their route: Africa, Aras Philaenorum, Lacus Salinarum, between Rusicada and the Mountains of Azaria, through the River Malvam (), through Mauretania to the Pillars of Hercules, then the Tyrrhenian Sea, before reaching Hispania. ''Historia Regum Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jbel Ayachi
Jbel Ayachi () is one of the highest mountains in North Africa, and anchors the Eastern High Atlas in central Morocco. Jbel Ayachi rises to a height of 3,757 m above sea level. This mountain area provides a habitat to the bearded vulture. Geography Rather than denoting a single peak, Jbel Ayachi refers to a mountainous ''massif'' more than 20 kilometers in diameter. Conceptually a ring, the Ayachi region harbors a seasonal lake at its center and is surrounded by peaks and passes that often surpass 3000 m in elevation. During the 20th century, American climbers erected a large metal cone to mark the peak. Jbel Ayachi's second-highest peak is located in the southeast. Despite its proximity to the Sahara Desert, the peaks of Ayachi remain snow-covered and cold late into the year. Snow remains on most of the peaks until late May or early June, and in a few sheltered spots may survive the entire summer. The government of Morocco published accurate topographical maps of the region in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
