Zújar River

Zújar

Bridge of the EX-115 road over the Zújar
Country Spain
Basin features
Main source Sierra Morena, Andalusia
733 m (2,405 ft)
River mouth La Serena Dam, Extremadura
255 m (837 ft)
Basin size 8,508 km2 (3,285 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 214 km (133 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    1.93 m3/s (68 cu ft/s)

The Zújar is a 214 km long river in Spain. It the largest left hand tributary to the Guadiana.

Course

Its source is at La Calaveruela hill in the Sierra Morena near Fuente Obejuna. It flows across Northwestern Córdoba Province and then through the Campiña Sur and La Serena comarcas of Extremadura. Finally it flows into the Guadiana at the Embalse de La Serena reservoir in Villanueva de la Serena.[1]

Its main tributaries are Guadamatilla, Guadalmez, Esteras and Guadalemar, from its right margin; and the Guadalefra on its left margin.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La Serena, la mayor bolsa de agua de España | Edición impresa | EL PAÍS". elpais.com. Retrieved 2015-03-14.

Coordinates: 39°00′N 5°46′W / 39.000°N 5.767°W / 39.000; -5.767


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