Anoia (river)

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Anoia
Anoia at Martorell's

Anoia at Martorell's

Data
location Catalonia , Spain
River system Llobregat
Drain over Llobregat  → Mediterranean
Source height 800  msnm
muzzle at Martorell in Llobregat coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′ 43 "  N , 1 ° 56 ′ 6"  E 41 ° 28 ′ 43 "  N , 1 ° 56 ′ 6"  E
Mouth height 56  msnm
Height difference 744 m
Bottom slope 12 ‰
length 64 km
Catchment area 929 km²

Anoia is a small tributary of the Llobregat in Catalonia ( Spain ). The exact location of its source is not known. At Jorba (400 m) 4 source rivers Copons, Clariana, Rubió, and Tous join to the Rio Anoia, it flows into the Llobregat at Martorell .

River course

The headwaters are located at an altitude of 600 to 800 m between the towns of Calaf and Molí de la Roda, Veciana, la Panadella and Clariana, in the geological formation of the Oligocene with its limestone and gypsum-containing sedimentary rocks . The catchment area of ​​the river covers 930 km² and is located in the Comarcas Anoia , the north of Solsonès , Bages and the south of Alt Penedès . The Anoia flows in a south-easterly direction, at Sant Sadurní d'Anoia it makes an arc of 90 degrees and then flows in a north-easterly direction until it pours into the Rio Llobregat after 65 km, overcoming a gradient of 700 m.

There are 8 sewage treatment plants on the banks of the river and a paper industry at Capellades .

Tributaries

  • Bitlles
  • l'Avern
  • Hortons
  • Carme

Places / cities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OSM release