Oued Saoura

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| name = Oued Saoura

| image = Béni-Abbés Oued saoura.JPG

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| image_alt = Saoura River

| image_caption = The Oued Saoura at Béni Abbès

| map = Saoura OSM.png

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| map_caption = The river system of the Saoura

| source1_location = Confluence of Oued Guir and Oued Zouzfana

| mouth_location = Sebkhel el Melah

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Algeria

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Béchar Province (with a small section in Adrar Province)

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| tributaries_left = Oued Zouzfana

| tributaries_right = Oued Guir

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Oued Saoura is an intermittent river, or wadi, formed from the confluence of the Oued Guir and Oued Zouzfana at Igli, forming the Saoura valley.{{cite web|url=http://www.naturevivante.org/documents/beni_abbes.pdf|title=L’eau dans l’oasis de Béni Abbés : un patrimoine essentiel (Vallée de la Saoura, Sahara Occidental Algérien)|publisher=Nature Vivante|accessdate=21 February 2013|first=Touhami|last=Merzougui|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071904/http://www.naturevivante.org/documents/beni_abbes.pdf|url-status=live}} While in the past the flow of the river was steady and plentiful, in recent years it has diminished due to the construction of the Djorf Torba Dam on the Oued Guir.

Course

From Igli the Oued Saoura runs through Béchar Province past the towns of Béni Abbès, Tamtert, El Ouata, Béni Ikhlef, Kerzaz, Timoudi, Ouled Khoudir, and Ksabi, then passes under the N6 highway before reaching the endorheic lake Sebkha el Melah.

{{Coord|30|29|11|N|2|18|18|W|display=title|region:DZ}}

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Category:Geography of Béchar Province

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