Tagus | |
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![]() View of Tagus River in Toledo, Spain | |
![]() Path of the Tagus through the Iberian Peninsula | |
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 | |
• left | Guadiela, Algodor, Gévalo, Ibor, Almonte, Salor, Sever |
• right | Gallo, Jarama, Guadarrama, Alberche, Tiétar, Alagón, Zêzere |
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The Tagus (/ˈteɪɡəs/ TAY-gəs; Spanish: Tajo [ˈtaxo] ; Portuguese: Tejo [ˈtɛʒu]) 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]