Alcanadre (river)
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| location | Huesca Province , Spain | |
| River system | Ebro | |
| Drain over | Cinca → Segre → Ebro → Mediterranean | |
| muzzle | at Ballobar in the Cinca coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′ 3 ″ N , 0 ° 12 ′ 20 ″ E 41 ° 37 ′ 3 ″ N , 0 ° 12 ′ 20 ″ E
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| Right tributaries | Guatizalema , Río Flumen | |
The (Río) Alcanadre is a river in the Spanish province of Huesca . It rises in the Sierra de Galardón of the Aragonese Pyrenees , flows through the Sierra de Guara and the Somontano and forms a wide valley from Pertusa before it flows south of Sariñena along the northern edge of the Sierra de Alcubierre and finally flows into the Cinca at Ballobar . Its main tributaries are the Río Flumen and the Guatizalema .
In Roman and Arabic times, a large bridge spanned the Alcanadre at Pertusa. The river has its current name after this and other bridges, in Arabic Al-Qanatir .
Web links
- Alcanadre. In: Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (Spanish)
- Isaac Moreno Gallo, al-Qanatir. El Puente romano de Pertusa y las comunicaciones antiguas del río Alcanadre , Revista Cimbra No. 348, October 2002 (Spanish)