El-Ourit Waterfalls ({{langx, ar, شلال لوريط) are located seven kilometers from the city of
Tlemcen
Tlemcen (; ) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran and is the capital of Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the port of Rachgoun. It had a population of ...
, near the National Road of Algeria in a mountainous area covered with
pine trees
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...
. Seven stepped cascades form the natural site of
Oued El-Ourit, which remained dry for 40 years before reappearing in 2009.
Waterfalls of Algeria
Geography of Tlemcen Province