Adaja

Adaja

Adaja

River in Spain

The Adaja is a river of Spain located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, a major left-bank tributary of the Douro.[1] Featuring a total length of 163 km, its river basin drains an area of 5,328 km2.[2]

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It has its source in the so-called Fuente Berroqueña (Villatoro, province of Ávila), near the saddle point between La Serrota [es] and the Sierra de Ávila.[2] Initially following a Southwest-Northeast course through the Amblés Valley, the Adaja bends towards the North in Ávila. It receives the contribution of its most important tributary, the Eresma, near Matapozuelos,[3] emptying in the Douro in the province of Valladolid near the town of Aniago.[4]

River map

References

  1. [1]
    "Sistemas acuíferos de la cuenca del Duero" (PDF). p. 35.
  2. [2]
    "Características de los terrenos" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Ávila (208): 17. 27 October 2008.
  3. [3]
    Salvador, Alvar (2018-12-08). "Matapozuelos y su ermita: una tradición inmemorial | Noticiascyl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  4. [4]
    Redacción (2015-03-04). "Riberas del Adaja". Valladolid, de pueblo en pueblo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.


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