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]
34°50′14.9″N 07°01′52″E / 34.837472°N 7.03111°E
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]
34°50′14.9″N 07°01′52″E / 34.837472°N 7.03111°E