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
The Tell Atlas ( ar, الاطلس التلي, Latn, ar, al-ʾaṭlas al-tlī) is a mountain chain over in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching mainly across northern Algeria, with ends in both north-easter ...
and empties into the
Mediterranean Sea north of the city of
Mostaganem. The water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is being used for
irrigation (mainly on its lower course).
The river was formerly called the Mekerra and the Sig River.
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Rivers of Algeria
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