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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 mouth of the Ebro in the Ebro Delta. the River Aragón. Ebro (ms · 910 km; 570 mi) Híjar (r · 28 km; 17 mi; aside from joining the Ebro near Reinosa, the upstream traditional source of the very same Ebro in Fontibre han been recently redescribed as a water spring of the Híjar) [2] Rudrón (r · 35 km; 22 mi) Oca (r · 72 km; 45 mi)
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n / eye-BEER-ee-ən), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the ...
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.
The Ebro Basin was a foreland basin that formed to the south of the Pyrenees during the Paleogene. It was also limited to the southeast by the Catalan Coastal Ranges . It began as a fully marine basin with connections to both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, before becoming an endorheic basin during the Late Eocene .
The Ebro river depression is located in the surroundings of the Ebro river, that is, in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, has an area of approximately 40,000 km 2 and a length of 900 km. It extends from west to east through the autonomous communities of La Rioja , Navarre , Aragon and Catalonia , and ends at the Mediterranean Sea .
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.
The Ebro Basin is formed by the Río Ebro valley, contained by mountains on three sides—the Sistema Ibérico to the south and west, the Pyrenees to the north and east, and their coastal extensions paralleling the shore to the east. [3] Minor low-lying river valleys close to the Portuguese border are located on the Tagus and the Río Guadiana. [3]