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 The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

Draa River :''Dra is also the abbreviation for the constellation Draco.'' The Draa (, ; also spelled Dra or Drâa, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara, ) is Morocco's longest river, at . It is formed by the confluence of the Dadès River and Imini Ri ...

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 Eur ...

* Al-Hamiz Valley * Tafna River **

Isser River The Oued Isser is a river of Algeria. It begins in Médéa Province, is the main river, with Oued Sébaou of the Medea, which runs through the Lower Kabylie of Djurdjura (or the current province of Boumerdès) Wilaya of Bouira, then flows i ...

* Hammam River ( Habra River) ( Macta River) ** Sig River ** Mebtouh River *

Chelif River Chelif River () (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 Sea north of the cit ...

** Mina River ** Djediouia River ** Ghiou River (Riou River) ** Sly River ** Tsighaout River ** Fodda River ** Rouina River (Zeddine River) ** Ebda River ** Massine River ** Deurdeur River ** Akoum River ** Nahr Ouassel River ** Touil River * Mazafran River * Harrach River *

Reghaïa River 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 *Draa River Mediterranean Sea *Al-Hamiz Valley *Tafna River **Isser Ri ...

* Boudouaou River *

Boumerdès Valley Boumerdes Valley is a watercourse that originates in the Khachna Mountains and flows through the Kabylia region, passing through Boumerdès Province and into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Boumerdès. Watercourse Boumerdes Valley is ...

** Malah River *

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 Boumerdè ...

Sebaou River The Sebaou River, or Oued Sebaou (''Asif n Sabaw'' in Kabyle language, 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), ...

Soummam River The Soummam River is a river in northern Algeria, born from the confluence of the Sahel River and the Bou Sellam River near Akbou and flowing into the Mediterranean at Béjaïa. Description The waters that reach the sea in this place have for ...

** Amassine River ** Bou Sellam River **

Sahel River The Sahel River is a river in northern Algeria, which confluence with the Bou Sellam River and forms the Soummam River at Akbou.Rachid Meddour, Bioclimatologie, phytogéographie et phytosociologie en Algérie. Exemple des groupements forestiers et ...

* Kebîr River (Jijel) ** Enndja River ** Rummel River * Guebli River * Safsâf River * Kebir River (Skikda) *

Seybouse River Seybouse (in ) is a river in northeastern Algeria, near the border with Tunisia. In Roman times, it was called the ''Ubus''. Course The river runs for about , flowing through Guelma and Annaba Provinces. It starts in Medjez Amar, in the Tell At ...

** Cherf River * Kebîr River (El Taref) *

Medjerda River The Medjerda River (), the classical antiquity, classical Bagradas, 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 of ...

** Mellègue River *** Ksob River (Chabro) *** Meskiana River

Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

Sebkhet el Melah

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 ...

Oued Zousfana Oued Zouzfana is an intermittent river, or wadi, that flows through the Oriental region in southeastern Morocco and Béchar Province

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 the ...

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Oued Béchar Wadi ( ; ) is a river valley or a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Wadis are located on gently sloping, nearly flat parts of deserts; commonly they begin on the distal portions of alluvial fans and ext ...

* Oued Messaoud ** Oued Tilia

Chott Ech Chergui Chott Ech Chergui () is a large endorheic salt lake in Saïda Province, northwestern Algeria. It is located at in the level terrain of the ''Hautes Plaines'' region between the Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas and is one of the largest lakes in Al ...

* Oued el Korima

Chott el Hodna

* 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. It was for ...

* Oued Djedi * Oued Zeribet ** Oued el Arab * Oued el Mitta * Oued Ittel * Oued el Kherouf

Sebkhet Safioune

* Oued Zegrir * Oued Mya

Sebkha Mekerrhane

* Oued Tsaret * Asouf Mellene * Oued Tasendjanet

Ahaggar

* Oued Igharghar * Oued Tafassasset * Oued Ti-n-Tarabine * Oued Igharghar * Oued Zazir * Oued Ti-n-Amzi * Oued Tamanrasset

Grand Erg Occidental The Grand Erg Occidental (, 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 approximately . The sand dunes in the erg are formed ...

Oued Namous Wadi ( ; ) is a river valley or a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Wadis are located on gently sloping, nearly flat parts of deserts; commonly they begin on the distal portions of alluvial fans and ext ...

References

*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.
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Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...