The Bou Sellam River is a

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of the

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region in

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, in

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. The river flows through the Bou Sellam Valley, and is obstructed by the

Ain Zada Dam The Ain Zada Dam is an embankment dam located east of Khelil on the Bou-Sellam River in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. Constructed between 1982 and 1986, the primary purpose of the dam is supplying drinking and irrigation water to Sétif ...

Description

The basin of Bou Sellam is closed to the north, from the confluence of the river with the

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, by Mount Gueldamane. Wadi

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descends from the southern slopes of

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; It is formed of five streams, Wadi Mahouan, Wadi Mohammed el Hannach, oued Ouricia, Wadi Goussimet and Wadi Fermatou, which meet north of Setif. The river then takes the name Oued Bou Sellam; It runs first south-south-west, passes three kilometers west of Setif, and crosses the chain in which it takes its source between djebel Tafat and Guergour. The Oued Bou Sellam receives the wadi Malah, taking its source to Aïn Arnat in the dam Aïn Zada. After crossing the Aïn Zada dam, it crosses the Khelil commune by the east and receives two new tributaries,

Wadi Khelil Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...

, which flows from the left bank in Besbassa halfway between

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and the Aïn Zada dam and the

wadi Taissa Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...

shortly before on the right bank. Throughout this part of the course, the Bou Sellam watered the rich plain of Ameur, Ouled Mosli and Gherazla. From the Guergour gorges, on the contrary, it flows in a very rugged country, arrives at the foot of the Guifsar, it turns abruptly to the west and flows into the wadi Sahel opposite the peak of Akbou.

Environment

The Oued Bou Sellam River contains 36% of the fish species of Algerian inland waters (15 species).

References

Rivers of Algeria Geography of Bordj Bou Arréridj Province Bodies of water of Algeria Landforms of Algeria {{Algeria-river-stub