River Sor
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- For other meanings of Sor or SOR see Sor
There are several rivers with the name Sor:
- River Sor (Mañón municipality, Spain)
- River Sor (Ribatejo district, Portugal)
- River Sor (Midi, France)
- Sor River, in western Ethiopia
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[edit] Toponym origin
The name "Sor" in all three cases is of pre-Roman origin, probably Pre-Indo-European, and is related with water.
Related words are :
[edit] River Sor (Mañón, Spain)
The River Sor of Mañón flows between the provinces of A Coruña and Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galiza (Galicia), Spain.
The river has an impressive waterfall called Augas Caídas in Mañon parish.
The river Sor is nowadays the only river with salmon in Galiza, since unlike others it has not yet been dammed to form a reservoir for hydroelectric generation.
The estuary of the River Sor is the splendid Ria de O Barqueiro, 5 kilometers in length and one excellent landscaping quality through its 49 kilometers, a territory of enormous geomorphologic and environmental interest.
[edit] River Sor (Ribatejo district, Portugal)
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[edit] River Sor (Midi, France)
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