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Province of Lugo Lugo is a province (Spain), province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense Province, Ourense, Ponteved ...

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Sil River The Sil is a river in León (Castile and León) and Galicia, Spain, a tributary of the Miño. Its total length is . The source of the Sil is in the Cantabrian Mountains, in La Cueta part of the Leonese municipality of Cabrillanes. It flows ...

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province of Lugo Lugo is a province (Spain), province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense Province, Ourense, Ponteved ...

Galicia (Spain) Galicia ( ; or ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain and nationalities and regions of Spain, historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces o ...

, tributary of the

. The river is 56 km long and flows through the municipalities of Inicio, Puebla del Brollón,

Monforte de Lemos Monforte de Lemos is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in northwestern Spain, in the province of Lugo (province), Lugo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It covers an area of 200 km2 and lies 62 km from Lugo. As of 2017 it had a ...

Pantón Pantón is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is located in a mountainous district in the comarca of Terra de Lemos, watered by the multiple rivers like the Miño, Cabe and Sil. Its po ...

and Sober, Lugo. It occupies an areas of 1577

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and has contamination problems in some spots in its southern end. It was called "Chalibe" in the period of

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. The fish that inhabit the river are the

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, family of the

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, the bog ''

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'', the common carp ''

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'' and some " black-bass", ''

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floridanus'', fish introduced into North American rivers called black perch.

Course

The river begins in a place called "Fonte das Abellas", near the village of Cabude, the parish of Foilebar, in the municipality of Inicio. The river flows through the village of Fontes, Trascastro, Inicio and San Pedro do Incio, in the municipality of O Incio. It then enters the municipality of Puebla del Brollón and flows through the villages of Biduedo, Pacios de Veiga, Veiga, Santalla de Rey, Eixón and Fornelas. It begins at the Saa River and enters the concello of

and flows through the villages of A Parte, O Freixo, Ribas Altas where it joins with the Mao river and enters the capital of Monfortina where it crosses a medieval bridge. The river then flows through Piñeira and Distriz in

. It serves as a boundary between the concellos of Panton and Sober, Lugo, showering the parishes of Canaval, Vilaescura, Rosende e Anllo, of Sober, and Mañente, Vilamelle, Espasante, Cangas, Acedre and Frontón, of Pantón. It finally flows into the

Tributaries

*Antigua *Fontán, Cebedezo *Santa Bárbara *San Miguel *Picarrexo *Saa * Sil *Mao *Carabelos *Ferreira *Vado stream.

Habitats

Oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

tree forests of

Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', the pedunculate oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native plant, native to most of Europe and western Asia, and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions. It ...

and

Quercus pyrenaica ''Quercus pyrenaica'', also known as Pyrenean oak, or Spanish oak is a tree native to southwestern Europe and northwestern North Africa. Despite its common name, it is rarely found in the Pyrenees Mountains and is more abundant in northern Portu ...

Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Description ...

tree forests of

Castanea sativa The sweet chestnut (''Castanea sativa''), also known as the Spanish chestnut or European chestnut, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae, native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor, and widely cultivated throughout the Temperate climate, te ...

*Endemic oromediterranean scrub with gorse *European dry scrub *Riverbank forests with

Alnus glutinosa ''Alnus glutinosa'', the common alder, black alder, European alder, European black alder, or just alder, is a species of tree in the family (biology), family Betulaceae, native plant, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa. ...

and

Fraxinus excelsior ''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Alb ...

*Pseudo-estepas with

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of Therobrachypodietea

Flora

*Festuga elegans

Fauna

Woodlark The woodlark or wood lark (''Lullula arborea'') is the only extant species in the lark genus ''Lullula''. It is found across most of Europe, the Middle East, western Asia and the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident (non-bird migrati ...

(Lullula arborea) *

European nightjar The European nightjar (''Caprimulgus europaeus''), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and the Palearctic to Mongolia and Northweste ...

(Caprimulgus europaeus) *

Gray heron The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more norther ...

(Ardea cinerea) *

Eurasian hobby The Eurasian hobby (''Falco subbuteo'') or just hobby, is a small, slim falcon. It belongs to a group of similar falcons often considered a subgenus '' Hypotriorchis''. Taxonomy and systematics The first formal description of the Eurasian hobby ...

(Falco subbuteo) *

Eurasian Scops Owl The Eurasian scops owl (''Otus scops''), also known as the European scops owl, common scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family Strigidae. Its breeding range extends from southern Europe eastwards to southern Siberia a ...

(Otus scops) *

Greater horseshoe bat The greater horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') is an Insectivore, insectivorous bat of the genus ''Rhinolophus''. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats i ...

(Rhinolophus ferrumequinun) *

Lesser horseshoe bat The lesser horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus hipposideros'') is a type of small European and North African insectivorous bat, related to its larger cousin, the greater horseshoe bat. As with all horseshoe bats, the species gets its name from its dist ...

(Rhinolophus hipposideros) *

Common bent-wing bat The common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii''), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout ...

(Miniopterus schreibersi) *

Eurasian otter The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. The most widely distributed member o ...

(Lutra lutra) *

Gold-striped salamander The gold-striped salamander or golden-striped salamander (''Chioglossa lusitanica'') is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is the only species of the genus ''Chioglossa''. It is found in the north-west of Iberia (in Portugal ...

(Chioglossa lusitanica) *Dragon-fly ( Macromia splendens) *

Stoat The stoat (''Mustela erminea''), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed as Least Concern on th ...

(Mustela erminea) Rivers of Spain Lugo