The Mijares or Millars (, , ) is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
and the
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
, eastern
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. It flows into the
Mediterranean Sea
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between
Almassora 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
Sierra de Gúdar is a mountain range in the Gúdar-Javalambre and Maestrazgo comarcas of Aragon and the Alto Mijares comarca of the Valencian Community, Spain. The highest point in the range is Peñarroya (2,019 m).
Geography
This mounta ...
,
Sistema Ibérico
The Iberian System 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 the Iberian Peninsula, but ...
. It is 156 km long, with a 4,028 km
2 wide basin and an average flow of 14.72 m
3 per second at
Cirat. This river is the main source of irrigation water for agriculture in the
Plana Baixa
Plana Baixa (; ) 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 municipalities
A mun ...
comarca.
[Joaquim Aparici Vilar, ''L'Agricultura al terme de Borriana'', Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana. ]
See also
*
List of rivers of Spain
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsu ...
References
External links
Riu Millars video
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of the Valencian Community
Rivers of Aragon
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