The Sorbe is a right-bank tributary of the

Henares The Henares () is a river in Central Iberia, a left-bank tributary of the Jarama. It has its source in the , near the village of Horna, in the municipality of Sigüenza, province of Guadalajara, Spain. Its tributaries are the Torote, the Sorbe ...

, located in the centre of the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...

. It forms part of the Tagus river basin. It has its source in the easternmost foothills of the

Sistema Central The Central System, Spanish language, Spanish and , is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit. The Central System is located just north of the 40th parallel north, ...

at roughly 1,310 m above sea level, formed upon the confluence of smaller streams, although it feeds downstream from right-bank tributaries born at a higher altitude, namely: the and the . It has a length of 79.5 km. Running southwards through the Spanish

province of Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2019 it had a population of 258,890 people. The population of the province has grown in the last 10 years. It is located in the centre ...

, it empties in the Henares at 700 m above sea level, near Humanes. It drains a basin of 546 km.².

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * * {{authority control Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha Geography of the Province of Guadalajara Tributaries of the Henares