In Arabic بني ملال - خنيفرة, in Berber ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ-ⵅⵏⵉⴼⵕⴰ, Béni Mellal-Khénifra is located in the interior of the country. the western and central part is the Tadla plain, which is fertile because it is irrigated by the Oum Er-Rbia River. The High Atlas mountains run through the southern and eastern parts of the region. In the north are the foothills of the Middle Atlas.