Medjerda River [SEP] continent
Medjerda River
The Medjerda River (), the classical Bagrada, is a river in North Africa flowing from northeast Algeria through Tunisia before emptying into the Gulf of Tunis and Lake of Tunis. With a length of , it is the longest river of Tunisia. It is also known as the Wadi Majardah or Mejerha ().
Course.
The Medjerda River originates in the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountains, in northeastern Algeria and then flows eastwards to Tunisia, then entering the Gulf of Utica of the
Kalâat el-Andalous
Kalâat el-Andalous is a town and commune in the Ariana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located 30 miles north of Tunis. As of 2004 it had a total population of 15,313.
Kalâat el-Andalous means "citadel of the Andalusians"; this refers to the seventeenth century when Moors who had been driven out of al-Andalus settled in the fertile Medjerda River valley.
The dominant activity in the region is agriculture, which benefits from its proximity to the Medjerda River, the