Oued Beni Barbar

Oued Beni Barbar is a wadi in Algeria. It is in the Nemencha area of the sahel, a semi-arid region north of the Sahara and is near Seiar and Bled Izaouene.[1] Its headwater is in Djebel Metred and Djebel Moussa.[2][3] The river has an average elevation of 81 metres (266 ft) above sea level. The wadi is named for the Beni Barbar tribe[4] who invaded and settled the area in the Middle Ages. The Oued is a ravine, delimited by relatively strong banks, which in the rainy season becomes a stream.[5]

During the Roman Empire, a statue of the Emperor Septimius Severus was erected at the wadi.[6]

References
  1. "Oued Beni Barbar, Algeria - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  2. "Seïar Map - Algeria - Mapcarta". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. Oued Beni Barbar at Geoview.info.
  4. Leo Africanus, Robert Brown, John Pory, The History and Description of Africa (Cambridge University Press, 3 Jun. 2010 ) p201.
  5. Beni Barbar.
  6. Duncan Fishwick, (BRILL, 1991) Imperial cult in the Latin west ii-1, p542.


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