Baht River

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Baht River
The Sebou River watershed with the oued baht (lower left center) Sebou Bassin OSM.png
The Sebou River watershed with the oued baht (lower left center)

The Baht River is a watercourse in Morocco that is a tributary to the Sebou River. Also known as the Oued Beht, this river rises in the Middle Atlas mountain range. [1] The Baht is impounded by the El Kansera irrigation dam about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Sidi Slimane. [2]

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Natural history

In the upper parts of the watershed within the Middle Atlas is the prehistoric range of the endangered primate Barbary macaque, which prehistorically had a much larger range in North Africa. [3]

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  1. Mohammed Hammam, Jāmiʻat Muḥammad al-Khāmis. Kullīyat al-Ādāb wa-al-ʻUlūm al-Insānīyah. 1995
    • "El Kansera". Ministère de l'Energie, des Mines, de l'Eau et de l'Environnement- Département de l'Eau. Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2008

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