Souss River
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The Souss River is a major watercourse in southwestern Morocco that flows through the fertile Souss Valley before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Agadir.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Souss River basin | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Souss Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
supports agriculture in Souss Valley
ⓘ
supports urban water supply near Agadir ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estuaryHabitat | wetlands ⓘ |
| estuaryImportantFor | migratory birds ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | westward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Souss Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEstuary | Souss estuary near Agadir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMouthElevation | 0 metres ⓘ |
| hasValley | Souss Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageName |
Arabic: واد سوس
ⓘ
Berber: Asif n Sus ⓘ French: Oued Souss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anti-Atlas region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
High Atlas foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Morocco ⓘ |
| majorCityNearMouth | Agadir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation |
Agadir Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Agadir ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea | Souss-Massa National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Souss-Massa river system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Aït Melloul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taroudant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Souss-Massa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionClimate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| risk |
over-extraction for irrigation
ⓘ
periodic droughts ⓘ |
| supportsProductionOf |
argan trees
ⓘ
citrus fruits ⓘ olives ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| usedFor | irrigation ⓘ |
| valleyCharacteristic | fertile agricultural plain ⓘ |
| valleyRegion | one of Morocco's main agricultural regions ⓘ |
| waterSourceType |
rainfall in Atlas Mountains
ⓘ
snowmelt from High Atlas ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Souss River basin