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At present the deposits of the Mejerda have blocked up almost the whole of this ancient port, and the rocky eminence upon which the city stood looks down on three sides upon a broad alluvial plain, through which the Mejerda pursues a tortuous course to the sea.
Utica was situated a little to the west of Carthage, at the mouth of the Mejerda or Bagradas river. It stood on a rocky promontory which ran out into the sea eastward, and partially protected its harbour.
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