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The river Macta is in
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. The Macta is only long and, enters the sea in the Gulf of Arzeu, some west of the mouth of the
Chelif Chelif River ( ar, وادي الشلف) (also spelled Chéliff, or Sheliff) is a river in Algeria, the longest in the country. It rises in the Saharan Atlas near the city of Aflou, flows through the Tell Atlas and empties into the Mediterranean ...
. It is formed by the
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( long) and the Sig ( long), which rise in the
Amour Range The Amour Range ( ar, جبل العمور, french: Djebel Amour) is a mountain range in Algeria, which comprises part of the Saharan Atlas of the Atlas Mountain System. Geography The Amour Range is located in the central area of the Saharan Atlas ...
and flowing north before uniting in a marshy plain, from whence the Macta
debouch In hydrology, a debouch (or debouche) is a place where runoff from a small, confined space discharges into a larger, broader body of water. The word is derived from the French verb ''déboucher'' (), which means "to unblock, to clear". The term ...
es. At the
Battle of Macta The Battle of Macta was fought on 28 June 1835 between French forces under General Camille Alphonse Trézel and a coalition of Algerian tribes of western Algeria under Emir Abd al-Qadir, who, at the age of 26, waged one of his most epic and famous ...
fought on 28 June 1835, Algerian
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tribes defeated a French colonial army.


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* Blondel, J. (1963). Situation de la sauvagine dans le Maghreb. ''In'' : Proceedings of the first European meeting on waterfowl conservation : 65–67. The Nature Conservancy, London.
Boucheker, A. (2012). Dynamique de la métapopulation de flamants roses en Méditerranée : rôle des zones humides d'Afrique du nord et implications pour la conservation. Thèse de doctorat, Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes (171 pages).

Ghodbani, T. et Amokrane, K. (2103). La zone humide de la Macta : un espace à protéger sur le littoral ouest de l'Algérie. Physio-Géo, 7 : 139-155.
* Hovette, C. & Kowalski, H. (1972). Dénombrements de la sauvagine dans le Maghreb, Janvier / Février 1972. Rapport polycopié au B.I.R.S. ''Bull. B.I.R.S.'' 34 : 42–58. * Isenmann, P. & Moali, A. (2000). Birds of Algeria. Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France, Paris, 336p. * Jacobs, P. & Ochando, B. (1972). Répartition géographique et importance numérique des anatidés hivernants en Algérie. ''Le Gerfaut'', 69 : 239–251. * Krissat, K. & Horr, K. (1976). Les marais de la Macta : biocénoses. DES, Université d'Oran. * Ledant, J.P. & Van Dijck, G. (1977). Situation des zones humides algériennes et de leur avifaune. ''Aves'', 14 : 217–232. * Masson, R. (1976). La végétation des marais de la Macta (Région de Bou-Nefer). ''Bull. Soc. Géo. et Archéol. d'Oran'' : 60–65.
Metzmacher, M. (1979a). Les oiseaux de la Macta et de sa région (Algérie) : Non passereaux. ''Aves'', 3-4 : 89–123
* Metzmacher, M. (1979 b). Note sur l'avifaune estivale de l'Est oranais (Algérie), de la Camargue (France) et du Guadalquivir (Espagne). INA, Séminaire international sur l'avifaune algérienne 5-11 juin 1979. * Morgan, N. C. (1982). An ecological survey of standing waters in North-west Africa: II. Site descriptions for Tunisia and Algeria. ''Biological Conservation'', 24 : 83–113. * Morgan, N. C. & Boy, V. (1982). An ecological survey of standing waters in North-west Africa: I. Rapid survey and classification. ''Biological Conservation'', 24 : 5-44. * Simmoneau, P. (1952). La végétation halophile de la plaine de Perrégaux. Thèse de Doctorat ès-sciences, Alger. * Simonneau, P. (1954). La végétation des sols salés d'Oranie, Les groupements à Atriplex dans les plaines sublittorales. ''Annales agronomiques'', 2 : 225 – 257. * Simmoneau, P. & Santa, S. (1951). Végétation et flore de la forêt de la Macta (Oran). ''Annexe de la carte de la végétation de l'Algérie. Feuille d'Oran'' : 1-24. Rivers of Algeria {{Algeria-river-stub