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The Ebro (Spanish and Basque ⓘ; Catalan: Ebre, Western:, Eastern:) 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.
The Ebro River delta at the Mediterranean Sea from space. The Ebro Delta (Catalan: Delta de l'Ebre, IPA: [ˈdɛltə ðə ˈleβɾə]; Spanish: Delta del Ebro, IPA: [ˈdelta ðel ˈeβɾo]) is the delta region of the Ebro River (Catalan: Ebre, Spanish: Ebro) in the southwest of the Province of Tarragona in the region of Catalonia in Spain.
It source is in the Pyrenean Serra del Cadí in the municipality of Castellar de n'Hug and its valley is one of the main north–south communication routes in Catalonia. The Aran Valley is the upper valley of the Garonne (la Garona in Catalan, era Garona in Aranese), an Atlantic river which meets the sea near Bordeaux, France.
This includes the basins emptying in the Mediterranean Sea located in the coastline north from the Ebro. This leaves out the Garonne and the Ebro, both draining parts of Inner Catalonia, as well as small streams in Catalonia emptying in the Mediterranean south from the Ebro. The Llobregat. Muga (ms · 65 km; 40 mi) Manol (r · 42 km; 26 mi)
The difference is due to the big contribution of the Ebro river, from which the Segre is an important tributary. Moreover, in Catalonia there is a relative wealth of groundwaters, although there is inequality between comarques, given the complex geological structure of the territory. [95]
Riba-roja d'Ebre (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌriβaˈrɔjʒa ˈðeβɾe]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Ribera d'Ebre in southern Catalonia, Spain. It is the site of a large hydroelectric power station, on the Ebro river. The whole area is mountainous.
Flix (Catalan pronunciation:) is a town in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre, Catalonia, Spain. [4] Situated on a promontory by the Ebro river, the town occupied an important strategic position. Situated on the Madrid – Barcelona railway line, it expanded in the early twentieth century with the construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1948 ...
The Ebro river basin is located in the NE quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula and covers a total surface area of 85,362 km 2, of which 445 km 2 are in Andorra, 502 km 2 in France and the rest in Spain. It is the largest river basin in Spain, representing 17.3% of the Spanish peninsular territory.