Morocco Canyon

Todgha Gorge

337 m from rim to floor.

The cut

337 metres, to scale.

A slice through Todgha Gorge where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: Great Pyramid · 139 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.

337m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

3.1km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

40°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

1,375m

Floor altitude

Rim to floor

3 °C warmer at the bottom.

In July the afternoon reaches 37 °C on the floor, against 34 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are from March to April and from October to November. The floor passes 35 °C in July: walk at dawn and carry water.

rim · 1,802 mfloor · 1,375 m

14°12°Jan
16°13°Feb
20°17°Mar
24°21°Apr
28°25°May
33°30°Jun
37°34°Jul
35°32°Aug
30°27°Sep
24°22°Oct
18°15°Nov
15°12°Dec

Hike: Mar–Apr, Oct–NovFloor above 35 °C: Jul

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

Canyon in Morocco

Todgha Gorge is a canyon in Morocco. The relief model measures 337 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 428 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 3.1 km wide where the cut was taken.

Getting there.

Tinghirnearest town · 10 km in a straight line
Parking 1,770 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 1.1 km from the floor
Beni Mellal Airport (BEM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 113 km in a straight lineCar hire at RAK airport (Marrakesh)Discover Cars · sponsored link
From March to April and from October to Novemberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

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The river

The the river runs highest from March to April.

The the river carries about 3.8 m³/s on average here. It runs highest from March to April. It is lowest from June to August.

2.6 m³/sJan
3.8 m³/sFeb
8.8 m³/sMar
6.8 m³/sApr
4.5 m³/sMay
1.5 m³/sJun
0.2 m³/sJul
0.8 m³/sAug
3.8 m³/sSep
5.4 m³/sOct
5.3 m³/sNov
3.0 m³/sDec

From about 0.24 m³/s in the lowest month to 8.8 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 506 km².

The Todra from source to mouth on Riveryas — coming soon

Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.

From the sky.

The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.

Todgha Gorge seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 1.8 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 7.0 × 7.0 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the canyon.

12viewpoints within 5 kmCoeur de la palmeraie, Difficile, Gorge photos tall and 9 more
12climbing crags within 3 kmScorpion, Zaragoza, Igor and 9 more
2footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
5car parks within 3 km
7campsites within 8 kmCamp l'Atlas, La Source Des Poissons Sacres, Camp Le Soleil and 4 more
46hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmLa Petite Gorge, Le Soleil, Auberge La Festival and 43 more
12restaurants and cafés within 4 km

marked hiking routes within 4 km
via ferrata routes within 4 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
named waterfalls within 4 km
caves within 3 km
information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
bus stops within 2 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Tinghir10 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Todgha Gorge.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Riveryas1 rivers in the canyon

Todra164 km

Peakyas13 mountains within 15 km

Irhir Mellal · 7.2 kmIguertal · 7.8 kmAdrar Mkorn · 9.6 kmFalaises d'Imlil n'Izdern · 12 kmJebel Taferdout · 12 kmTidachline n'Tizi · 13 kmJebel Taklim · 13 kmTizigzaouine · 15 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	14	16	20	24	28	33	37	35	30	24	18	15
Afternoon · rim	12	13	17	21	25	30	34	32	27	22	15	12
Night · rim	-1	0	2	6	10	15	19	18	14	9	3	0
Rain (mm)	13	17	28	17	19	8	7	17	28	25	22	14
Rainy days	3	4	5	4	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	4
Sun hours/day	8.5	9.0	10.0	11.1	11.5	12.4	11.2	10.0	9.5	8.7	8.3	8.2
Snow on the ground (cm)	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	14	12	-1	13	8.5
Feb	16	13	0	17	9.0
Mar	20	17	2	28	10.0
Apr	24	21	6	17	11.1
May	28	25	10	19	11.5
Jun	33	30	15	8	12.4
Jul	37	34	19	7	11.2
Aug	35	32	18	17	10.0
Sep	30	27	14	28	9.5
Oct	24	22	9	25	8.7
Nov	18	15	3	22	8.3
Dec	15	12	0	14	8.2

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (1,375 m) and the rim (1,802 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Seen from the trail.

Todgha Gorge walking through 01 — Elena Tatiana Chis · CC BY-SA 4.0

Todgha Gorge walking through 02 — Elena Tatiana Chis · CC BY-SA 4.0

Togra Gorge — Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	63%	4%	420%	255%	48%	40%	196%	103%	40%	140%	100%	44%
2021	205%	335%	106%	30%	57%	132%	4%	5%	654%	27%	72%	104%
2022	154%	93%	98%	646%	41%	216%	96%	26%	45%	85%	4%	159%
2023	68%	446%	4%	45%	144%	44%	0%	9%	34%	76%	1%	11%
2024	59%	70%	74%	50%	8%	20%	28%	34%	321%	210%	54%	104%
2025	72%	112%	201%	236%	36%	160%	241%	11%	58%	1%	47%	594%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Compare with the neighbours.

Todgha Gorge

Morocco

337 mDepth
3.1 kmRim to rim
—Length
40°Steepest wall

Dadès Gorges

Morocco · 31 km

1,121 mDepth
13 kmRim to rim
—Length
37°Steepest wall

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length	Wikidata (Q3111026) · CC0
The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
River flow and basin	HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby	Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas