# Meraldene River > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Meraldene_River > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Meraldene_River.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meraldene_River > Source revision: 1309332809 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{About|Meraldene||Meraldene (disambiguation)}} {{Expand Arabic|topic=geo|date=December 2020}} {{essay-like|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox river | name = Meraldene River | native_name ={{native name|ar|وادي مغلدن}} | name_other = وادي المرابطين | name_etymology = Marabouts stream | nickname = إيغزر ن مرابظن | image = | image_size = | image_caption = [Meraldene Dam](/source/Meraldene_Dam) | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = Commune | subdivision_name1 = [Thénia](/source/Th%C3%A9nia) | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [Thénia](/source/Th%C3%A9nia_District) | subdivision_type3 = Province | subdivision_name3 = [Boumerdès](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s_Province) | subdivision_type4 = Region | subdivision_name4 = [Kabylie](/source/Kabylie) | subdivision_type5 = Country | subdivision_name5 = [Algeria](/source/Algeria) | length = {{Convert|10500|m|ft|abbr=on}} | width_min = {{Convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | width_avg = {{Convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on}} | width_max = {{Convert|9|m|ft|abbr=on}} | depth_min = {{Convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}} | depth_avg = {{Convert|8|m|ft|abbr=on}} | depth_max = {{Convert|13|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_location= [Thénia](/source/Th%C3%A9nia) | discharge1_min = {{Convert|20|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{Convert|25|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}} | discharge1_max = {{Convert|30|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}} | source1 = | source1_location = [Beni Amrane](/source/Beni_Amrane) | source1_coordinates= {{coord|36.679524|3.5372898|type:river_region:DZ|format=dms|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = 590 m | mouth = [Boumerdès River](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s_River) | mouth_location = [Boumerdès](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s) | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36.7320895|3.5328709|type:river_region:DZ|format=dms|display=inline}} | mouth_elevation = 140 m | progression = [Beni Amrane](/source/Beni_Amrane), [Thénia](/source/Th%C3%A9nia), [Boumerdès](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s) | river_system = [River regime](/source/River_regime), [Drainage system](/source/Drainage_system_(geomorphology)) | basin_size = {{Convert|140000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}} | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = [Arbia River](/source/Arbia_River) | tributaries_right = [Boufroun River](/source/Boufroun_River) | waterbodies = [Meraldene Dam](/source/Meraldene_Dam) | waterfalls = | bridges = {{illm|National Road No. 5 (Algeria)|ar|الطريق الوطني رقم 5 (الجزائر)|lt=National Road No. 5}} | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Oued Meraldene''' or '''Oued Merabtene''', also called '''Oued Bourdine''', is a river of [Algeria](/source/Algeria) located in [Kabylia](/source/Kabylia) within the framework of the [Province of Boumerdès](/source/Province_of_Boumerd%C3%A8s).{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7577865t/f1.item.r=meralden.zoom|title = L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date = 12 March 1913}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6586037h/f229.item.r=oued+bourdine.zoom|title=Les Travaux ["puis" nord-africains] : Organe des travaux publics et particuliers en Algérie, en Tunisie et au Maroc... ["puis" Bâtiment, travaux publics, architecture...] / Publié par M. Émile Carret|date=January 1911}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7576132q/f2.item.r=oued+bourdine.zoom|title = L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date = 28 June 1915}} ==Presentation== The ''Meraldène'' stream is one of the main [tributaries](/source/tributaries) of the [Boumerdès River](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s_River) which is a [river](/source/river) that finds its [mouth](/source/river_mouth) in the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea).{{Cite book|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54679568/f149.item.r=Bou-Merdes+Bou-Douaou+Corso+Hassenat+Acherkel+Djerouden.zoom|title=Dictionnaire de la législation algérienne, premier supplément : Manuel des lois, ordonnances, décrets, décisions et arrêtés publiés au "Bulletin officiel des actes du gouvernement" pendant les années 1853, 1854, 1855... / Par M. P. De Ménerville|year=1856}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55985746/f2.item.r=oued+bourdine+meralden.zoom|title = Journal général de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie : Affiches algériennes et tunisiennes : Organe de la propriété foncière et des intérêts économiques|date = 7 May 1911}} This river takes its source in the heights of the current commune of [Beni Amrane](/source/Beni_Amrane) in the [Khachna Massif](/source/Khachna_Massif) which shelters the peak of {{illm|Bouzegza Mount|ar|بوزقزة}}.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7583309h/f5.item.r=Meralden+BouHerdes.zoom|title=L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date=21 July 1935}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7582351s/f6.item.r=barrage+bourdine.zoom|title = L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date = 23 November 1930}} At an altitude of 590 meters above sea level near the villages of [Beni Khelifa](/source/Beni_Khelifa) and [Azela](/source/Azela%2C_Boumerd%C3%A8s), ''Oued Meraldene'' is born to take its course on a [river bed](/source/river_bed) that juts out into the current town of [Thénia](/source/Th%C3%A9nia).{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7583815z/f8.item.r=Bouisri+barrage+bourdine+passerelle.zoom|title = L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date = 30 January 1935}} This area is rich in [water resource](/source/water_resource)s thus feeds the [Oued](/source/Oued) which then traces its route between the villages of [Tabrahimt](/source/Tabrahimt), [Meraldene](/source/Meraldene), [Gueddara](/source/Gueddara), [Soumâa](/source/Soum%C3%A2a), [Tizouighine](/source/Tizouighine) before reaching the plateau of the village [Louz](/source/Louz%2C_Boumerd%C3%A8s).{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7574458c/f4.item.r=construction+bourdine.zoom|title=L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date=4 September 1912}} ==Mouth== The ''Meraldene River'' rises in [flood](/source/flood) especially during the winter and the ''Oued'' becomes impassable and dangerous, and causes floods that spread to the village of ''Louz'' beyond which it finds its [mouth](/source/River_mouth) with the [Boumerdès River](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s_River) which springs also from the heights of ''Beni Amrane'' and then flows into the ''Mediterranean''.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7577865t/f1.item.r=Bourdine.zoom|title = L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date = 12 March 1913}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96757465/f304.item.r=Bou-Merdes.zoom|title=Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algérie|date=March 1941}} It is because of the ''floods'' and the rising waters of the two ''Oueds'' at the level of this ''mouth'' that a bridge was built on the ''{{illm|National Road No. 5 (Algeria)|ar|الطريق الوطني رقم 5 (الجزائر)|lt=National Road No. 5}}'' to pass the water and not to block road traffic.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7583373p/f6.item.r=oued+meralden.zoom|title = L'Echo d'Alger : Journal républicain du matin|date = 24 September 1935}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5442519h/f535.item.r=Bou-Merdes.zoom|title=Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France|date=6 May 1931}} ==Dam== {{Main|Meraldene Dam}} Given the profusion of water flowing through Oued Meraldene, a [hydraulic dam](/source/hydraulic_dam) was built to store part of its flowing water.{{cite web|url=http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/barrages/pages/21_menerville_barrage_oued_bourdine_1913_echo_francis.htm |title=Barrage de l'oued Bourdine à Ménerville |website=alger-roi.fr |date=1913-12-03 |accessdate=2022-09-16}} The ''[Meraldene Dam](/source/Meraldene_Dam)'' was built between 1911 and 1913 to provide answers to economic questions related to the continuous supply of drinking water, often so difficult to achieve.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5027784t/f4.item.r=Barrage+Bourdine.zoom|title = Les Nouvelles : Journal quotidien du soir|date = 10 May 1911}} This is how on 26 February 1913, this important dam was completed and inaugurated and on its final acceptance.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57880167/f2.item.r=Bou-Merdes.zoom|title = Journal général de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie : Affiches algériennes et tunisiennes : Organe de la propriété foncière et des intérêts économiques|date = 2 November 1922}} It is a hydraulic structure 14 meters high by 70 meters wide, blocking the [Meraldene Valley](/source/Meraldene_Valley), and which can hold a water volume of 30,000 cubic meters.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63976064/f4.item.r=Bou-Merdes.zoom|title = Les Travaux ["puis" nord-africains] : Organe des travaux publics et particuliers en Algérie, en Tunisie et au Maroc... ["puis" Bâtiment, travaux publics, architecture...] / Publié par M. Émile Carret|date = 4 November 1922}} This stored water was intended for supplying machine depots and railway workshops in the city of [Thénia](/source/Th%C3%A9nia) concurrently with the direct intake 300 meters upstream.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5681054h/f4.item.r=Arbia+Isser+Bou-Merdes.zoom|title = Journal général de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie : Affiches algériennes et tunisiennes : Organe de la propriété foncière et des intérêts économiques|date = 2 July 1925}} The design of this important hydraulic structure made it possible to collect sufficient water for the industrial needs of the ''Thénia'' region.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k63975484/f4.item.r=Arbia+Isser+Bou-Merdes.zoom|title = Les Travaux ["puis" nord-africains] : Organe des travaux publics et particuliers en Algérie, en Tunisie et au Maroc... ["puis" Bâtiment, travaux publics, architecture...] / Publié par M. Émile Carret|date = 24 September 1921}} Its final acceptance was made with the dam full, with all the conditions that were met such as the connection of electricity to operate its pumps.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6586037h/f230.item.r=Barrage+Bourdine.zoom|title=Les Travaux ["puis" nord-africains] : Organe des travaux publics et particuliers en Algérie, en Tunisie et au Maroc... ["puis" Bâtiment, travaux publics, architecture...] / Publié par M. Émile Carret|date=January 1911}} == Gallery == File:Dam of Meraldene, Barrage de Merabtene, Thenia, Kabylie.jpg|''Meraldene Dam'' File:Col de Ténia (cropped).jpg|[Meraldene Ravine](/source/Meraldene_Ravine) ==See also== * [List of rivers of Algeria](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Algeria) * [Meraldene Dam](/source/Meraldene_Dam) * [Boumerdès Valley](/source/Boumerd%C3%A8s_Valley) * [Khachna Massif](/source/Khachna_Massif) * [Bouzegza Mountain](/source/Bouzegza_Mountain) * {{illm|List of dams of Algeria|ar|قائمة سدود الجزائر}} * {{illm|National Road No. 5 (Algeria)|ar|الطريق الوطني رقم 5 (الجزائر)}} ==External links== *{{YouTube|N3pgTujM0NQ|Meraldene Dam}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|36.7126595|3.5469278|type:river_region:DZ|format=dms|display=title}} {{Rivers of Algeria}} Category:Rivers of Algeria Category:Boumerdès Province --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Meraldene River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meraldene_River) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meraldene_River?action=history)). 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