Ebro | |
Catalan: Ebre | |
River | |
The Ebro River in Zaragoza
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Country | Spain |
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Tributaries | |
- left | Nela, Jerea, Bayas, Zadorra, Ega, Arga. Aragón, Gállego, Segre |
- right | Oca, Oja, Tirón, Najerilla, Iregua, Cidacos, Alhama, Jalón, Huerva, Martín, Guadalope, Matarranya |
Source | |
- location | Pico Tres Mares, Cantabria, Spain |
- elevation | 1,980 m (6,496 ft) |
- coordinates | 43°02′20.80″N 4°24′10.59″W / 43.0391111°N 4.4029417°W |
Mouth | |
- location | Mediterranean Sea, Tarragona, Spain |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 40°43′12″N 0°51′47″E / 40.72000°N 0.86306°ECoordinates: 40°43′12″N 0°51′47″E / 40.72000°N 0.86306°E |
Length | 930 km (578 mi) |
Basin | 80,093 km2 (30,924 sq mi) |
Discharge | mouth |
- average | 426 m3/s (15,044 cu ft/s) |
The Ebro (Spanish and Basque: [ˈeβɾo]) or Ebre (Catalan: [ˈeβɾə, ˈeβɾe]) is one of the most important rivers on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the second longest river in the Iberian peninsula after the Tagus and the second biggest by discharge volume and by drainage area after the Duero.
The Ebro flows through the following cities: Reinosa in Cantabria; Frías and Miranda de Ebro in Castile and León; Haro, Logroño, Calahorra, and Alfaro in La Rioja; Tudela in Navarre; Alagón, Utebo, Zaragoza, and Caspe in Aragon; and Flix, Móra d'Ebre, Benifallet, Tivenys, Xerta, Aldover, Tortosa, and Amposta in Catalonia.