The Ouergha River or Oued Ouerrha (Berber: Asif n Wergha)(Arabic:واد ورغة) is a watercourse in Morocco that is a tributary to the Sebou River.
History[edit]
The Ouergha River was the site of a key battle during the French invasion of Morocco in 1924. The French, encouraging the fighting of native Moroccan tribes among each other, advanced with 12,000 troops to a crossing of the Ouergha and achieved a major victory here without a shot being fired.[1]
Natural history[edit]
In the upper parts of the watershed within the Middle Atlas is the prehistoric range of the endangered primate Barbary macaque, which prehistorically had a much larger range in North Africa.[2]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- William A. Hoisington. 2005. Lyautey and the French conquest of Morocco
34°29′10″N 5°21′47″E / 34.48611°N 5.36306°E