The Sous River, Sus River or Souss River (
Berber: Asif en Sus, Arabic: واد سوس) is a river in mid-southern
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
located in the
Sous region. It originates in the
High Atlas
High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas ( ar, الأطلس الكبير, Al-Aṭlas al-Kabīr; french: Haut Atlas; shi, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴷⵔⵏ ''Adrar n Dern''), is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of t ...
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
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by the
Anti-Atlas
The Anti-Atlas ( ar, الأطلس الصغير, shi, Aṭlas Mẓẓiyn), also known as Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlanti ...
mountains and is one of Morocco's most fertile regions.
The
Aoulouz Dam is the main dam on this river.
See also
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Sous
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Agadir
Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...
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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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