Tagus
(Reguidit frae Tajo)
The Tagus (Spaingie: Tajo [ˈtaxo]; Portuguese: Tejo [ˈtɛʒu]; Laitin: Tagus; Ancient Greek: Τάγος Tagos) is the langest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 1,007 km (626 mi) lang, 716 km (445 mi) in Spain, 47 km (29 mi) alang the border atween Portugal an Spain an 275 km (171 mi) in Portugal, whaur it empties intae the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon. It drains an aurie o 80,100 square kilometer (30,927 sq mi) (the seicont lairgest in the Iberian peninsula efter the Douro).
Tagus River | |
Tajo, Tejo | |
View o Tagus River in Toledo, Spain
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Kintras | Spain, Portugal |
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Tributaries | |
- left | Guadiela, Algodor, Gévalo, Ibor, Almonte, Salor, Sever, Sorraia |
- right | Gallo, Jarama, Guadarrama, Alberche, Tiétar, Alagón, Zêzere |
Soorce | Fuente de García |
- location | Montes Universales, Sierra de Albarracín Comarca, Teruel, Aragon, Spain |
- elevation | 1,593 m (5,226 ft) |
Mooth | Estuary o the Tagus |
- location | Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon, Portugal |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Lenth | 1,007 km (626 mi) |
Basin | 80,100 km2 (30,927 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 500 m3/s (17,657 cu ft/s) |
Path o the Tagus throu the Iberian Peninsula
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Wikimedia Commons: Tagus | |
Website: Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo | |