The Sig River, also known as Mekerra, is a river of Algeria. [1]
The Sig River is a tributary of the Chelif River and flows through the town of Sig. For most of its flow the Sig is at 50 metres (160 ft) elevation and ends about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Mediterranean as the crow flies, and originates in the highlands south of the mountains of Daïa. [2] [3] The river is a wadi.
The area is characterized by a rough winter compared to other regions in Algeria, and a fairly warm summer. Rainfall does not exceed 400 millimetres (16 in) per year.
The Saharan Atlas is a range of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located mainly in Algeria, with its eastern end in Tunisia. Although not as tall as the High Atlas of Morocco its summits are more imposing than the Tell Atlas range that runs parallel closer to the coast. The tallest peak in the range is the 2,236 m (7,336 ft) high Djebel Aissa in the Ksour Range.
Laghouat is a province (wilaya) in central Algeria. forty-eight bearing the number (03) within the administrative division of the country, bordered to the north Tiaret Province, to the west El Bayadh Province, to the south Ghardaia Province and from the east by Djelfa Province. The capital is Laghouat City. Mediated by this region Saharan Atlas and thus the region of steppe. It is famous for its palm trees and its generosity as it is known for raising livestock due to its pastoral and steppe character.
The Chenouis or Chenoua are a Berber- People speaking population native to Algeria. They are concentrated in the west-central mountains, and number over 750,000 people.
Sidi Bel Abbès, also called Bel Abbès, is the capital of the Sidi Bel Abbès wilaya, Algeria. It is named after Sidi bel Abbass, a Muslim marabout or noble man who is buried there. The city is the commercial center of an important area of vineyards, market gardens, orchards, and grain fields. It was formerly surrounded by a wall with four gates, and today is home to a university. Sidi Bel Abbès is 75 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea.
Miliana is a commune in Aïn Defla Province in northwestern Algeria. It is the administrative center of the daïra, or district, of the same name. It is approximately 114 kilometres (71 mi) southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers. The population was estimated at 44,201 in 2008. The town is located south of the Dahra Range, on the wooded southern flank of Mount Zaccar Rherbi, five kilometers north of the Chelif River, and overlooking the Zaccar plateau to the west.
Ténès is a town in Algeria located around 200 kilometers west of the capital Algiers. As of 2000, it has a population of 35,000 people.
Chelif River is a 700-kilometre-long (430 mi) river in Algeria and also the longest one 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 city of Mostaganem. The water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is being used for irrigation.
The Tell Atlas is a mountain chain over 1,500 km (932 mi) in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia.
USS LST-874 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
Sig is a town in northwestern Algeria. Formerly located in Oran Province and now located in Mascara Province, north-western Algeria. Its population was 61,373 in 2008.
Oued Fodda is a town and commune in Chlef Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 36,187.
Ksar Boukhari is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it had a population of 59,634. The town is bordered by woods and the Atlas mountains, and is built on the Chelif river.
The Ouarsenis or Ouanchariss is a mountain range and inhabited region in northwestern Algeria.
Sheliff Basin Berber is a variety of the Berber languages that is spoken in Algeria. It is traditionally taken to be a dialect of Shenwa, one of the Western Algerian Zenati languages. Blench (2006) argues instead that the variety is part of the Riffian dialect cluster.
The river Macta is in Algeria.
The Western Algerian Zenatic dialects are a diffuse set of Zenati Berber dialects spoken in north-western Algeria, west of the capital Algiers.
There exists in Algeria many regions. Whether they are cultural, linguistic, historical, or geographical in nature, none are recognized as an administrative unit by the Algerian government. With regards to the administrative structuring of the country, Algeria is divided into 58 wilayas or provinces.
The Sly River is a river in northern Algeria, North Africa. The Sly River is a tributary of the Chelif River and joins the Chelif just east of the town of Sidi ben Thiour.
Abu Said Uthman I, or "Othmane Ibn Yaghmoracen", or in Algerian arabic, ruled the Zenata Berber Kingdom of Tlemcen in Medieval Algeria from 1283 to 1303.
This article related to a river in Algeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |