Sorbe

Sorbe

Sorbe

River in Spain

The Sorbe is a right-bank tributary of the Henares, located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It forms part of the Tagus river basin.

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It has its source in the easternmost foothills of the Sistema Central at roughly 1,310 m above sea level,[1] formed upon the confluence of smaller streams, although it feeds downstream from right-bank tributaries born at a higher altitude, namely: the Lillas [es] and the Sonsaz [es].[2] It has a length of 79.5 km.[1] Running southwards through the Spanish province of Guadalajara,[3] it empties in the Henares at 700 m above sea level,[1] near Humanes.

It drains a basin of 546 km.2.[2]

References

Citations
  1. [1]
    Fernández Izquierdo, Alloza Aparicio & Moreno Díaz del Campo 2016, p. 33.
  2. [2]
    Fernández Izquierdo, Alloza Aparicio & Moreno Díaz del Campo 2016, p. 34.
  3. [3]
    Pastor Muñoz 1998, p. 7.
Bibliography
  • Fernández Izquierdo, Francisco; Alloza Aparicio, Ángel; Moreno Díaz del Campo, Francisco Javier (2016). La presa de el Vado y el canal del Jarama. Fundación Canal. p. 34. ISBN 978-84-945176-3-1. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  • Pastor Muñoz, Francisco Javier (1998). "Ocupaciones prehistóricas en el curso final del Rio Sorbe, provincia de Guadalajara, (comunidad de Castilla-La Mancha). (I)" (PDF). Wad-al-hayara (25): 7–49. ISSN 0214-7092.
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