Gharb plain

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The Gharb plain is a fertile agricultural region in northwestern Morocco, known for its extensive farmlands and strategic location between the Atlantic coast and the Rif and Middle Atlas foothills.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gharb plain canonical 5
Doukkala plain 1
Gharb agricultural region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
plain ⓘ
administrativeRegion Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
climateCharacteristic mild wet winters ⓘ
warm dry summers ⓘ
containsCity Kenitra ⓘ
Sidi Kacem ⓘ
Sidi Slimane ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
economicActivity commercial agriculture ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasInfrastructure agricultural dams ⓘ
irrigation canals ⓘ
hasLandUse intensive farming ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
hasSoilType alluvial soils ⓘ
hasVegetation cultivated fields ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
historicalRegion Gharb ⓘ
importance major agricultural zone of Morocco ⓘ
irrigationSource Sebou River ⓘ
knownFor extensive farmlands ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
locatedBetween Atlantic coast ⓘ
Middle Atlas foothills ⓘ
linked to: Middle Atlas

Rif foothills ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Morocco ⓘ
linked to: northern Morocco
majorCrop cereals ⓘ
citrus fruits ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sugar beet ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
near Middle Atlas Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Middle Atlas

Rif Mountains ⓘ
partOf Moroccan coastal plains ⓘ
playsRoleIn Morocco food production ⓘ
primaryUse agriculture ⓘ
riverBasin Sebou River basin ⓘ
linked to: Sebou River
subjectTo seasonal flooding ⓘ
terrain low-lying plain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sidi Slimane → locatedInPlain → Gharb plain ⓘ
Sebou River → flowsThroughRegion → Gharb plain ⓘ
Sebou River → supports → Gharb agricultural region ⓘ
linked to: Gharb plain
Oum Er-Rbia River → supportsIrrigatedPerimeters → Doukkala plain ⓘ
linked to: Gharb plain
Gharb agricultural area → partOf → Gharb plain ⓘ
Kenitra port → regionServed → Gharb plain ⓘ