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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 term "Aiguabarreig" comes from the Catalan word that designates the mixture of waters in the place where two or more streams of water meet and form one. The Aiguabarreig Segre-Cinca-Ebro is formed at the time that the Cinca river brings its water to the Segre river, in the municipal area of La Granja d'Escarp, and then they arrive to the Ebro river, already in Mequinenza.
The Battle of the Iron Bridge was fought between the International Brigades and the Fascists [5] as part of the Battle of the Ebro. The operation was initially a success for the republicans with the construction of the iron bridge nearly complete by the 3rd Division. [6] However at the end they had lost 3,000 soldiers and the battle.
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 Zadorra is a river tributary of the Ebro in the Basque Country in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. The river flows primarily across Álava province (flowing briefly through the Treviño enclave at La Puebla de Arganzón) finally reaching the Ebro near Miranda de Ebro in Burgos province, Castille and León. The river's water volume is the ...
The local area is studded with groves full of almonds, olives, grapes, and occasionally citrus fruits. It is approximately 26 km (16 mi) from Mequinenza, 4.7 km (2.9 mi) from Flix, 8.6 km (5.3 mi) from Riba-roja d'Ebre and 16 km (9.9 mi) from Gandesa, in the area where the Battle of the Ebro was fought during the Spanish Civil War. The terrain ...
The Ebro is the main river in the Miranda de Ebro region. The locality is crossed by the Ebro River , which divides the city into two well-differentiated zones according to their historical antiquity: the historical center or Aquende (right shore) and the modern part or Allende (left shore).
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.