Oued Labkheir

Oued Labkheir واد لبخير
Location
Country	Salamat
State	Jabal Zalzabiya, Shawayiyah, Ghafunya
Physical characteristics
Source	Khaliwi Mountain Range, probably Mount Araz
- location	Araz, Jabal Zalzabiya province, Salamat
- elevation	1,921 m (6,302 ft)
Mouth	West of the village of Mahmuma
- location	Mahmuma, Shawayiyah province, Salamat
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	487 km (303 mi)
Width
- minimum	12 m (39 ft)
- average	839 m (2,753 ft)
- maximum	1,314 m (4,311 ft)
Discharge
- location	max and min at Dhayyab, Ghafunya Province.
- average	7,100 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s)
- minimum	830 m3/s (29,000 cu ft/s)
- maximum	19,300 m3/s (680,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
- left	Oued Kharrab, Oued Mahlat, Oued Ghayane
- right	Oued Jarhab, Oued Minhan, Oued Shawayi

The Oued Labkheir is the principal river of Salamat. Its source is in the Khaliwi mountains, the river being probably formed from the melting of ice and snow on the Mount Araz, even if it isn't proven to be true. The river flows for more than 487 kilometers across the western portion of Salamat, and reaches its largest width at 1.3 kilometers, near of the city of Dhayyab. The river's path is used as a border between the Shawayiyah Province and the Ghafunya Province and the river's water is used for irrigation of wheat, sunflower, corn and rarely cotton fields. The river's mouth is located 2 kilometers west of the village of Mahmuma, in the province of Shawayiyah.