The Sous River, Sus River or Souss River (
Berber
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: Asif en Sus, Arabic: واد سوس) is a river in mid-southern
Morocco
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located in the
Sous region. It originates in the
High Atlas and flows west passing
Aoulouz,
Taroudannt,
Oulad Teima,
Inezgane and
Aït Melloul. It forms a basin which is protected from the desertic climate of the
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 ...
by the
Anti-Atlas mountains and is one of Morocco's most fertile regions.
The
Aoulouz Dam is the main dam on this river.
See also
*
Sous
The Sous region (also spelt Sus, Suss, Souss or Sousse) (, ) is a historical, cultural and geographical region of Morocco, which constitutes part of the region administration of Souss-Massa and Guelmim-Oued Noun. The region is known for the en ...
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Agadir
Agadir (, ; ) is a major List of cities in Morocco, city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River, Souss River flows into the ocean, and south of Casabla ...
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Taroudannt
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Inezgan
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Ait Melloul
References
Rivers of Morocco
Geography of Souss-Massa
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