Ebro

Ebro
Catalan: Ebre
The Ebro River in Zaragoza
The Ebro river basin
Native name
Location
CountrySpain
RegionCantabria, Castile and León, Basque Country (autonomous community), La Rioja, Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencian Community
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationFontibre, Cantabria, Spain
 • coordinates43°2′21″N 4°24′11″W / 43.03917°N 4.40306°W / 43.03917; -4.40306
 • elevation1,980 m (6,500 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Mediterranean Sea, Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
 • coordinates
40°43′12″N 0°51′47″E / 40.72000°N 0.86306°E / 40.72000; 0.86306
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length930 km (580 mi)
Basin size80,093 km2 (30,924 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average426 m3/s (15,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemEbro basin
Tributaries 
 • leftNela, Jerea, Bayas, Zadorra, Ega, Arga, Aragón, Gállego, Cinca, Segre
 • rightOca, Oja, Tirón, Najerilla, Iregua, Cidacos, Alhama, Jalón, Huerva, Martín, Guadalope, Matarranya
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The Ebro (Spanish and Basque [ˈeβɾo] ; Catalan: Ebre, Western: [ˈeβɾe], Eastern: [ˈeβɾə]) is a river of the north and northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. It rises in Cantabria and flows 930 kilometres (580 mi), almost entirely in an east-southeast direction. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea, forming a delta in the Terres de l'Ebre region, in southern Catalonia. In the Iberian peninsula, it ranks second in length after the Tagus and second in discharge volume, and drainage basin, after the Douro. It is the longest river entirely within Spain; the other two mentioned flow into Portugal.

The Ebro flows through many cities (Spanish: ciudades):[a] 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, and Zaragoza in Aragon; and Flix, Móra d'Ebre, Benifallet, Tivenys, Xerta, Aldover, Tortosa, and Amposta in the province of Tarragona (Catalonia).
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