Tagus
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Tagus | |
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Etymology | Vulgar Latin taliāre, "to cut through" |
Location | |
Country | Spain, Portugal |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fuente de García, Montes Universales |
• location | Frías de Albarracín, Spain |
• coordinates | 40°19′16″N 1°41′49″W / 40.321°N 1.697°W |
• elevation | 1,593 m (5,226 ft) |
Mouth | Estuary of the Tagus, Atlantic Ocean |
• location | Lisbon, Portugal |
• coordinates | 38°41′28″N 9°10′16″W / 38.691°N 9.171°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 1,007 km (626 mi) |
Basin size | 80,100 km2 (30,900 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 500 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
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The Tagus (/ˈteɪɡəs/ TAY-gəs; Spanish: Tajo [ˈtaxo]; Portuguese: Tejo [ˈtɛʒu]; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km (626 mi), generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.[1]
Name
The river's Latin name is Tagus. While the etymology is unclear, the most probable etymological origin for the
Geology
The lower Tagus region in Portugal is a seismically active area. Major earthquakes in the Lower Tagus include those of 1309, 1531, and 1909.[3][4]
History
The Pepper Wreck, properly the wreck of the
The Tagus river basin comprises 42 River Nature Reserves [es] and is the river basin with the most protected areas in Spain.[1]: Prefacio
See also
- List of rivers of Spain
- List of rivers of Portugal
- Media related to Tagus River at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ OCLC 1376251354.
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- ^ Hobbs, William Herbert (1907). Earthquakes: An Introduction to Seismic Geology. New York: D. Appleton and Company. pp. 142–144. Downloadable Internet Archive
- ^ "Sismo sentido em Lisboa na mesma zona dos grandes abalos de 1531 e 1909" [Earthquake felt in Lisbon in the same area as the great earthquakes of 1531 and 1909] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- OCLC 56517607.