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Zeroud Oued (واد زرود) is a 
The rainfall reduced the region led to the near-absence of water in summer but also to floods in autumn, when rain falls during a short period of time. Construction of the dam has allowed the irrigation of farmland and helped prevent flooding, but, however, reduced the level of groundwater also overexploited.
During Roman times the area was intensely farmed.
Zeroud Oued (واد زرود) is a stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in central Tunisia at Latitude, it flows via Sebkhet Cherita The Sebkhet Cherita is a salt lake wetland in the Sousse Governorate of Tunisia, 25 kilometers southwest of the city of Sousse and 25 kilometers southeast of the city of Kairouan. It covers an area of 11600hectares and is 17 by 9 kilometers wide. ...
Lake, into the Mediterranean Sea at the Gulf of Hammamet.
Its average course is forty kilometers even if the maximum length of its bed reaches 150 kilometers.
It collects its water basin upstream by a series of wadis draining the Nara region and Jebel Tazza, all being retained by the dam Sidi Saad, located about 45 kilometers southwest of Kairouan. Downstream of the dam, a series of wadis flow into the Wadi Zeroud, flowing to a zone located about ten kilometers south-east of Kairouan where it ceases to be a single wadi and splits into several parts some of which joined the sebkha Kelbia
Sebkhat Kelbia, 2009.
The Sebkha Kelbia (سبخة الكلبية) is an intermittent lake in Tunisia that covers 8000 hectares in Sousse Governorate, at 35°50'34"North, 10°16'18" East, south of Kondar.
Considered the second most important we ...
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The rainfall reduced the region led to the near-absence of water in summer but also to floods in autumn, when rain falls during a short period of time. Construction of the dam has allowed the irrigation of farmland and helped prevent flooding, but, however, reduced the level of groundwater also overexploited.
During Roman times the area was intensely farmed.
Sidi Saad Dam
The dam Sidi Saad (سد سيدي سعد) is a dam on the Oued Zeroud built in 1982, at 35°22'53" North, 9° 41'42" East betweenNasrallah
Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrallah. ...
and Hajeb El Ayoun
Hajeb El Ayoun ( ar, حاجب العيون) is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,648. It is also the capital of a district of 35,403 inhabitants.
The Mayor is Hassen Zaïdi, and the pos ...
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At a height of 82 meters, it can hold up to 120 million cubic meters of water in a reservoir with a surface area of 9000 hectares. It is used for flood mitigation
In environmental engineering, the flood mitigation involves the management and control of flood water movement, such as redirecting flood run-off through the use of floodwalls and flood gates, rather than trying to prevent floods altogether. It a ...
and irrigation. On 2 February 2012, the dam Sidi Saad was recognized as a Ramsar site
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O)
*** Permanent 8 ha (P)
*** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts)
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Oued Zeroud
at Ramsar Sites Information Service.
at Ramsar Sites Information Service.
References
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