The Mijares or Millars ( es, Mijares, ca, Millars, an, Millars) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

in Aragon and the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...

, eastern

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. It flows into the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

between

Almassora Almassora (; es, Almazora) is a town and municipality in the ''comarca'' of Plana Alta, Valencian Community, Spain. Urbanized areas * Almassora * La Platja * L'Horta * El Secà * Polígon industrial History There are ancient Iberian remain ...

and Burriana. The Mijares River marks the southernmost limit of the Catalan Mediterranean System. This river originates at a height of 1,600 m in the Sierra de Gúdar,

Sistema Ibérico The Iberian System ( es, Sistema Ibérico, ) is one of the major systems of mountain ranges in Spain. It consists of a vast and complex area of mostly relatively high and rugged mountain chains and massifs located in the central region of th ...

. It is 156 km long, with a 4,028 km² wide basin and an average flow of 14.72 m³ per second at

Cirat Cirat is a municipality of Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of ...

. This river is the main source of irrigation water for agriculture in the

Plana Baixa Plana Baixa ( es, Plana Baja) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The main source of water for irrigation in the area is the Millars River. Municipalities The ''comarca'' is composed of 20 municipaliti ...

comarca.Joaquim Aparici Vilar, ''L'Agricultura al terme de Borriana'', Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana.

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Riu Millars video
Rivers of Spain Rivers of the Valencian Community Rivers of Aragon {{Spain-river-stub

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