The Tagus Basin is the drainage basin of the Tagus River, which flows through the west of the Iberian Peninsula and empties into Lisbon. It covers an area of 78,467 km2,[1] which is distributed 66% (55,645 km2) on Spanish territory and 34% on Portuguese land (22,822 km2).[2]
It is the third-largest basin in the Iberian Peninsula, after the Douro Basin, with 98,258 km2, and the Ebro Basin, with 82,587 km2.[3]
| Tagus Spain | Total Tagus | % Spain/total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length (km) | 910 | 1092 | 83.3 |
| Surface area km2 | 55,645 | 83,678 | 66 |
| Population (inhab) | 7,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 70 |
- ^ "Watersheds of Europe. E24 Tagus" (PDF). Water Resources eAtlas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "La Cuenca | Distribución Territorial" (in Spanish). Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Spanish river basins". World Resources Institute. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2010.