Oued Beni Barbar
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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]