Salsum (river)

natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD

The ancient Salsum river has been identified with the modern وادي المالح (Oued Melah) in Algeria's Aïn Témouchent province. It debouches into the Mediterranean at the modern beach resort area of Shati Tariqa.

Coordinates

35.44185, -1.22104

Also known as

Rio Salado (es), Rio Salado (es), Wadi Al-Maleh, Oued el Malah (ar), flumen Salsum (la), flumen Salsum, Salsum flumen (la), وادي المالح (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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