River
Moulouya River
520 km from source to mouth · Morocco.
MoroccoFlows into Mediterranean Sea3rd longest in Morocco
In numbers
Length
520km
Average flow
50m³/s
Basin
50,000km²
Drop
1,281m
from 1,280 m to -1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
520 km of river and 5 stops on the way: 4 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmAtlas Mountainsat 1,280 m
- 113 kmMissour27,937 people
- 166 kmOutat Oulad Al Haj17,895 people
- 304 kmGuercif99,238 people
- 372 kmUadi Zatributary
- 372 kmMelqa el Ouidane8,009 people
- 520 kmMediterranean Seaat -1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Morocco
At the mouth it carries 50 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 50 seconds. It drops from 1,280 m to -1 m, 2.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 50,000 km², about the size of CR. 1.2 million people live in it. Highest water: February and April; lowest: from July to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (35% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- GuercifLargest city on its banks · 99,238 people
- Nador Al Aaroui International Airport (NDR)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 90 km from the cityCar hire at NDR airport (Al Aaroui)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to July and from September to OctoberThe best months to visit
Moulouya River, month by month
Highest water: February and April
Lowest water: from July to September. Best months to visit: from May to July and from September to October.
From about 12 m³/s in the lowest month to 110 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Moulouya River: the basin in numbers
54,235 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.2millionpeople live in the basin
- 22/km²people per km²
- 1,146maverage altitude of the basin
- 311mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 14.8°Caverage air temperature
- 47%protected areas
- 0.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 1% Forest
- 4% Cropland
- 52% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Moulouya River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 1River beaches
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.2 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Moulouya River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
29mountains at the sourcePeakyas
3islands off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (2)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Lmechchal5.9 km away25.0°C
- Plage Rouge13 km away25.0°C
Mountains at the source (29)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Tislit Amenaït2.9 km away
- Tassiksout11 km away
- Tazirf n'Imlaïne9.2 km away
- Tijouit9.3 km away
- Jorf Raoua5.2 km away
- Jebel Tachaouit4.8 km away
- Jebel Talâat Ouday7.5 km away
- Gara Tarbat8.7 km away
21 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (3)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Isla del Congreso11 km away0.3km²
- Isla de Isabel II10 km away0.2km²
- Isla del Rey9.6 km away0.1km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Moulouya River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (1)
Also: Uadi Za
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Algeria725 km54 m³/s246 km awayGuadalhorce
Spain166 km8.0 m³/s256 km awaySeguraSpain325 km26 m³/s365 km awayGuadalquivirSpain657 km160 m³/s406 km awayLoukkos RiverMorocco176 km50 m³/s346 km awayGenilSpain358 km40 m³/s391 km awaySebou RiverMorocco458 km140 m³/s405 km awayGuadaleteSpain159 km20 m³/s387 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1146608) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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