SEBOU RIVER

important river in northern Morocco, draining part of the Atlas Mountains and Rharb plain into the Atlantic Ocean. From its source as the Guigou River in the Middle (Moyen) Atlas, it flows northward to Fs and then eastward to the Atlantic at Mehdiyaa distance of 280 miles (450 km). The Sebou basin is a major olive, rice, wheat, sugar-beet, and vineyard region. Kenitra, 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Mehdiya, is a busy port at the head of navigation for oceangoing vessels. Tributaries of the Sebou include the Rdom River, which is the location of a thermal generating station (at Sidi Kacem), and the Beth River, site of a hydroelectric plant (at El-Kansera). Other tributaries are the Ouerrha and Inaouene rivers.