Almonte (Tagus)

Almonte
Bridge of the A-66 over the Almonte
Data
location	Cáceres Province , Extremadura , Spain
River system	Tagus
Drain over	Tagus  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the north of the Sierra de Guadalupe
muzzle	near Garrovillas de Alconétar in the Tajo Coordinates: 39 ° 42 ′ 14 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 29"  W 39 ° 42 ′ 14 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 29"  W
length	97 km

The Almonte is a left tributary of the Tagus and is about 97 km long. It rises in the north of the Sierra de Guadalupe mountain range in the province of Cáceres . Its course always leads in a north-westerly or westerly direction through mostly uninhabited areas. About 6 km east of Garrovillas de Alconétar it finally flowed into the Tagus. Today the estuary sank in the Alcántara reservoir . The Roman bridge over the Almonte had already disappeared, the remains of the Puente de Alconétar over the Tajo were moved 6 km further north on a meadow on the river bank.