River
Sebou River
458 km from source to mouth · Morocco.
MoroccoFlows into Atlantic Ocean4th longest in Morocco
In numbers
Length
458km
Average flow
140m³/s
Basin
40,000km²
Drop
1,430m
from 1,430 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
458 km of river and 9 stops on the way: 6 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmMoyen Atlasat 1,430 m
- 104 kmEssekhinat3,831 people
- 112 kmFès al Bali156,000 people
- 134 kmInaouen Rivertributary
- 264 kmOuergha Rivertributary
- 307 kmMechraa Bel Ksiri34,393 people
- 373 kmSidi Allal Tazi5,317 people
- 405 kmBaht Rivertributary
- 438 kmKenitra470,949 people
- 453 kmMehdya31,269 people
- 458 kmAtlantic Oceanat 0 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 137 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 18 seconds. It drops from 1,430 m to 0 m, 3.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 40,000 km², about the size of CH. 6.3 million people live in it. Highest water: from December to February; lowest: from July to October. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 135% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- KenitraLargest city on its banks · 470,949 people
- Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 28 km from the cityCar hire at RBA airport (Rabat)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water3 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From April to June and from September to OctoberThe best months to visit
Sebou River, month by month
Highest water: from December to February
Lowest water: from July to October. Best months to visit: from April to June and from September to October.
From about 15 m³/s in the lowest month to 430 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
Sebou River: the basin in numbers
37,813 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 6.3millionpeople live in the basin
- 167/km²people per km²
- 698maverage altitude of the basin
- 596mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 16.4°Caverage air temperature
- 14%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
- 5.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 14% Forest
- 63% Cropland
- 31% Pasture
- 4% 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
Sebou River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 1Boat ramps
- 2Ferry piers
- 1River beachesMahdya Beach
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Sebou 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.
3beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
70mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Beaches (3)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Plage Chlihatkm 46822.7°C
- Plage des Nations15 km away22.9°C
- Plage Sidi Boughaba6.9 km away22.7°C
Mountains at the source (70)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Jebel Titelt4.6 km away
- Timaoudia13 km away
- Tirhdourine15 km away
- Koudiat Tirhza15 km away
- Tichchoukt Tazougarht11 km away
- Jebel Tchioukt Oum el Bent12 km away
- Massif du Tichchoukt13 km away
- Jebel Taboujebert14 km away
62 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
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
Sebou River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (3)
Also: Ouergha River, Baht River, Inaouen River
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Morocco240 km23 m³/s31 km awayLoukkos RiverMorocco176 km50 m³/s114 km awayOum Er-Rbia RiverMorocco556 km120 m³/s189 km awayGuadalquivir
Spain657 km160 m³/s283 km awayGuadaleteSpain159 km20 m³/s260 km awayGuadiana
Portugal778 km70 m³/s330 km awayTinto RiverSpain100 km14 m³/s329 km awayGuadalhorceSpain166 km8.0 m³/s333 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1129810) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point 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 — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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