Back وادي مجردة Arabic Меджэрда Byelorussian Меджерда Bulgarian Medjerda Catalan Oued Medjerda CEB Medžerda Czech Меджерда (юханшыв) CV Afon Medjerda Welsh Medjerda Danish Medjerda German
| Medjerda | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Medjerda River | |
 Medjerda river drainage basin (Map in French) | |
| Native name | واد مجردة (Arabic) |
| Location | |
| Countries | Algeria and Tunisia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Tell Atlas, Algeria |
| Mouth | |
• location | Gulf of Tunis, Mediterranean Sea |
| Length | 460 kilometres (290 mi) |
| Basin size | 22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 29 m3/s (1,000 cu ft/s) |
The Medjerda River (Arabic: وادي مجردة), 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 450 km (280 mi), it is the longest river of Tunisia. It is also known as the Wadi Majardah or Mejerda (French: Oued Majardah).[1]
- ^ Beschaouch, Azedine (1986). "De l'Africa latino-chrétienne à l'Ifriqiya arabo-musulmane: questions de toponymie". CRAI (in French). 130 (3): 530–549.