The Tambre is a coastal river that crosses Galicia, in northwestern

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 ...

. Its basin covers . The river flows through the

province of A Coruña The province of A Coruña ( ; ; historical ) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and north ...

; the municipalities along its course are Sobrado,

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, Vilasantar, Boimorto,

Mesía Mesía is a municipality in the province of A Coruña (province), A Coruña, in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is part of the comarca of Ordes (comarca), Ordes. It has a population of 2,922 (Spanish 2011 Census) and an area of ...

, Frades,

Arzúa Arzúa (, ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the province province of A Coruña, A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It has an area of 155.89 km2, a population of 6,315 (2012 e ...

O Pino O Pino is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. The capital of the municipality is O Pedrouzo, which is 18 kilometres from Santiago de Compostela. Several of the runways of Sa ...

, Oroso, Ordes, Trazo, Tordoia,

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...

, Val do Dubra,

Ames AMES, short Air Ministry Experimental Station, was the name given to the British Air Ministry's radar development team at Bawdsey Manor (afterwards RAF Bawdsey) in the immediate pre-World War II era. The team was forced to move on three occasion ...

A Baña A Baña is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Barcala. It is 52 kilometers from the provincial capital of A Coruña. It has an area of 98.63&nbs ...

, Brion,

Negreira Negreira is a municipality in northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, located on the Tambre River, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is found to the west of Santiago de Compostela. It has a population of 7,074 according to the S ...

Outes Outes is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It has a population of 6,155 (Spanish 2020 Census) and an area of 100 km². The Cando event happened in 1994 within the bou ...

Mazaricos Mazaricos is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the A Coruña (province), province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Xallas. Its capital is in A Picota. According to the Natio ...

Noia Noia () is a town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of the comarca with the same name. It has a population of 14,947 inhabitants (2010),Lousame Lousame is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Noia. It has a population of 3,657 inhabitants (INE, 2011). See also List of municipalities in A C ...

. Its mouth forms the ''Ría de Muros e Noia'' estuary. It has been designated a

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. In ancient times it was called Támaris, its name being related to that of the

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. It was from the lands north of this river that the Spanish

County of Trastámara The County of Trastámara (Spanish ''Condado de Trastámara'') was a tenancy of the crown in the Kingdom of Galicia in the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the Latin ''tra(n)s Tamar(is)'', meaning "beyond orth ofthe Tambre", a river which runs ...

and the royal

House of Trastámara The House of Trastámara (Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: ) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. They were an illegitimate ...

derive their name (''Tras-Támara'' meaning "across the Tambre").

Tamarix The genus ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Ta ...

may derived its name from the river.

Gallery

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References

Rivers of Spain Rivers of Galicia (Spain) {{Spain-river-stub