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Rivers in Spain
YearMaps maps 11 rivers in Spain. The full list follows.
How this list is built: Listed alphabetically. A river is listed where its mapped reach lies, so long rivers appear under more than one country. It covers the rivers indexed in YearMaps, drawn from open geospatial data, and is not an exhaustive national register.
- Rivers Listed
- 11
- With Full Profile
- 9
Linked to a detail page
| Name | Type | Also Flows Through |
|---|---|---|
| Duero | River | Portugal |
| Ebro | River | — |
| Esla | River | — |
| Garonne | River | France |
| Guadalquivir | River | — |
| Guadiana | River | Portugal |
| Minho | River | Portugal |
| Mio | River | — |
| Segre | River | — |
| Tajo | River | — |
| Zncara | River | — |
About the Rivers of Spain
The 9 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.
- Duero
- The Douro is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ebro
- The Ebro is a river of the north and northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. It rises in Cantabria and flows 930 kilometres, 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. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Esla
- The Esla is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora in the northwest of Spain. It is a tributary of the Duero River that starts in the Cantabrian Mountains and is 275 kilometres long. Its direction of flow is from north to south. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Garonne
- The Garonne ( gə-RON, garr-ON; French: [ɡaʁɔn]; Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Occitan: Garona, Occitan pronunciation: [ɡaˈɾunɔ]; Latin: Garumna (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Guadalquivir
- The Guadalquivir is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is the only major navigable river in Spain. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Guadiana
- The Guadiana is an international river defining a long stretch of the Portugal-Spain border, separating Extremadura and Andalusia from Alentejo and Algarve. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Minho
- The Minho or Miño is the longest river in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, with a length of 340 kilometres. It forms a part of the international border between Spain and Portugal. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Quick Answers
- How many rivers are there in Spain?
- YearMaps lists 11 rivers for Spain. This is the number mapped in the atlas, not an official national count.
- Which rivers of Spain also flow through other countries?
- The Duero (also Portugal); The Garonne (also France); The Guadiana (also Portugal); The Minho (also Portugal).