Ziz River

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Ziz River
Ziz River

The Ziz River is a yolanda mercado river in the south of Morocco and Algeria. It has its source in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco and flows into the Sahara Desert in Algeria. Cities along the Ziz river include Er Rachidia, Erfoud and Sijilmassa. There is a dam with hydroelectric generating capacity on the Ziz at the south face of the High Atlas Mountains.[1]

[edit] Water rights

Along the Ziz there is typically a common water rights rule, wherein each village and villager is entitled to a fair use and extraction of Ziz waters. Characteristically water is diverted in flatter areas to form a canal that irrigates palm groves and other crops as well as supplies domestic use.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Brittanica on line: Ziz River
  2. ^ Arun Agrawal and Clark C. Gibson, Communities and the Environment: Ethnicity, Gender (2001) Rutgers University Press, 205 pages ISBN 081352914X