Boumerdes Valley is a watercourse that originates in the Khachna Mountains and flows through the Kabylia region, passing through Boumerdès Province and into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Boumerdès.General Journal of Algeria and Tunisia: Archives of Algerians and Tunisiennes: Proprietary Fund organs and economic institutions... | 1911-05-07 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018 on the Wayback Machine website.

Watercourse Boumerdes Valley is characterized by a riverbed free from schist and clay materials.General Journal of Algeria and Tunisia: Archives of Algerians and Tunisiennes: Proprietary Fund organs and economic institutions... | 1911-05-07 | Gallica Archived January 14, 2018 on the Wayback Machine website. This feature, which it shares with other rivers such as Arbia Valley, Meraldene River, Boudouaou Valley, and Isser River, facilitates the extraction of sand and gravel for use in mortar and concrete production.Les Travaux ["puis" nord-africains]. Organized public travaux and details in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco... ["puis" building, public travaux, architecture...&#9... Archived January 14, 2018 on the Wayback Machine website.La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles: Tome 1-3 Archived April 01, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

The riverbed of Boumerdès Valley serves as a natural corridor, with a width ranging from 5 to 600 meters. It descends gradually from its confluence with Meraldene River and Arbia Valley in the municipality of Thénia Beni Aicha, near Mount Bouarous in the south, flowing towards its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea to the east of Boumerdès city.Esquisse Agro Archived March 03, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

This moderate slope enabled the construction of the Thenia Beni Aicha Dam in 1913.L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin | 1913-03-12 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. During the rainy season, water flow increases, prompting the construction of bridges and pathways to facilitate the movement of residents in the villages and neighborhoods along its banks.L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin | 1935-01-30 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.

The path

Boumerdes Valley flows through a single coastal province in Algeria, traversing the Khachna Mountains.Google Maps Archived December 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. +Municipalities in Boumerdès governorate on the "Boumerdes Valley" pathReport of all on the work of the Commission for the Colonization and Immigration of the Province of Algiers. (Signed: L. Ville.) | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback MachineNumberBoumerdès Province01Beni Amrane02TidjelabineCarte géologique de l'Algérie... Description stratigraphique générale de l'Algérie... | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018 at the Wayback Machine.03ThéniaArchives of the Pasteur Institute of Algeria... | 1940-03 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.04Boumerdès https://web.archive.org/web/20181103013556/http://dlibrary.univ-boumerdes.dz:8080/bitstream/123456789/154/1/Tireche,%20Sihem.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-03.

Valleys

Boumerdes Valley intersects with several other streams and rivers along its course within Boumerdès Province.The natural regions of Algeria - Persée Archived 4 June 2018 on the Wayback Machine. +Valleys along the "Boumerdes Valley" path[Recueil des actes administratifs] / [Département d'Alger] | 1908 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.NumberBoumerdès Province01Borden Valley https://web.archive.org/web/20150927231605/http://athena.unige.ch/athena/duparc/duparc_roches_eruptives_menerville_algerie_optim.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Accessed August 2020.02Wadi ArabiaThe natural regions of Algeria - Persée Archived 4 June 2018 on the Wayback Machine.03Meraldene RiverGeological description of the Kabylie of Djurjura, a special study of tertiary terrains, by E. Ficheur,... | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine04Bovron Valley

Dams

Boumerdès Valley passes through several dams along its course in Boumerdès Province. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234621/http://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2014/pres2014-0313.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. +Dams in the path of the "Boumerdes Valley"Dictionary of the Algerian language, first supplément: manuel of Louis, ordonnances, secrets, decisions and arrêtés published in the "Bulletin officiel of the acts of government... Archived copy on January 15, 2018 on the Wayback Machine website.NumberBoumerdès Province01Meraldene DamBulletin de la Société préhistorique de France | 1932-06-23 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. National roads

Boumerdès Valley intersects with several national roads along its course.La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles: Tome 1-3 Archived April 01, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. +National roads in the path of the "Boumerdès Valley"Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algérie... | 1940-03 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.NumberBoumerdès Province01National Road No.5Bulletin of the Prehistoric Society of France | 1932-06-23 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine02National Road No.24Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France | 1932-06-23 | Gallica Archived January 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.

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