Cinca (Spain)
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Cinca River (Spain)
)| Cinca | |
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 Cinca river at Aínsa | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 2,500 m (8,200 ft) |
Segre River | |
| Length | 170 km (110 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Segre→ Ebro→ Balearic Sea |
The Cinca (Spanish: Ebro River. The Cinca River flows through a rich agricultural region.
Path and tributaries
The Cinca is born in the area of
Ésera River
, the Cinca's most important tributary.
On the right side, it is joined by the
Sosa River on the left. Later, the Alcanadre pours into it on the right. Finally, in Massalcoreig
, it joins the Segre to flow into the Ebro River.
History
The presence of humans is not found in the upper stretches of the river, but only in the middle stretches, although it is known from ancient accounts.
The migratory villages, in the first Iron Age, used the Cinca Valley in their path to the interior; they were populated by the Ilergetes. The current name of the river comes from Cinga, because Julius Caesar in his account of the civil war, used that name. It underwent a change of name under the Moors because it came to have the name Az-Zaytum, which meant the River of Olives.
See also
- Cinca Medio
- Baix Cinca
- List of rivers of Spain
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cinca River.
- Cinca River - Geography
- La Pinzana, Centro de Interpretación del río Cinca Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Cinca River - Hydrology
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