The Rambla del Poyo is a 43.5 km Rambla (gorge) in the

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.CEDEX. Datos del río completo y estaciones de aforo. Rambla del Poyo
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Hydrology

It lies between the Turia and

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rivers, with its source in the mountains of the ''Parque Natural del Turia'', and the mouth at the Albufera de Valencia by the

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. The Rambla del Poyo is the result of the union of the ''Rambla de Cheste'' and the ''Barranco de la Horteta'' at

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In turn, the ''Rambla de Cheste'' is formed at

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by the union of the ''Barranco Grande'', ''Barranco de la Cueva Morica'' and ''Barranco de Chiva'', that flows through the municipality of Chiva .
The ''Barranco de la Horteta'' originates southeast of the municipality of

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and receives water from the ''Barranco de Cabezas'' and ''Barranco de Cortichelles'', as well as from the southern slope of the Perenchiza mountain range. After its formation at

, the course of the Rambla del Poyo then continues in a SE direction towards the Albufera lake. But first it flows through and collects the precipitation from the municipalities of

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and

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, to finally flow into the Albufera de Valencia.

October 2024 floods

While the Rambla del Poyo contains a limited amount or no water for much of the year, on 29 October 2024 an unprecedented amount of water flowed through the gorge as a result of extremely heavy rainfall. At its peak, more than 2 million liter per second was registered. This caused extensive damage and dozens of deaths in the municipalities along its course.Levantr EMV
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poyo Rivers of Spain Rivers of the Valencian Community