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Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsula can be divided into those belonging to the Mediterranean watershed, those flowing into the Atlantic Ocean and those emptying into the Cantabrian sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic off the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula).
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 ...
Until the Modern Era, Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking.During the 19th and 20th centuries, German scholars in particular have made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde.
The Tagus (/ ˈ t eɪ ɡ ə s / TAY-gəs; Spanish: Tajo ⓘ; Portuguese: Tejo) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula.The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km (626 mi), generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
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 .
English: Location map of the Iberian Peninsula, with national borders added. Français : Carte de la péninsule Ibérique destinée à la géolocalisation, avec l'ajout des frontières nationales. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 130 %.
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