Chelif River (Wadi ash-Shalif) is a 700 km long river in Algeria. It rises from Saharan Atlas, flows through Tell Atlas and empties into Mediterranean Sea north of the city of Mustaghanam. Water level in the river often fluctuates. The river is being used to irrigation (mainly on its lower course). The Aurès Mountains also known as the Saharan Atlas of Algeria is the eastern portion of the Atlas Mountains. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... High-altitude aerial view of irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. ...
It is a mountainous country intersected with rocky canons and fertile valleys, which occasionally broaden out into alluvial plains like that of the Chelif, or the Metija near Algiers, or those in the neighbourhood of Oran and Bona.
The Dahra range overlooks the sea, and is separated from the Warsenis by the valley of the Chelif.
The most important river, both from its length and volume, is the Chelif.
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