Aragón (river)
| Aragon | ||
 Río Aragón in the Ebro basin (highlighted in light green) |
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| location | Aragon , Navarre ( Spain ) | |
| River system | Ebro | |
| Drain over | Ebro → Mediterranean | |
| source | Valle de Astún 42 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 2050 msnm | |
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Ebro near Milagro Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '15 " N , 1 ° 45' 18" W 42 ° 13 '15 " N , 1 ° 45' 18" W.
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| length | 195 km | |
| Catchment area | 8524 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
41 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Esca , Irati , Arga | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Yesa dam | |
| Medium-sized cities | Jaca | |
| Communities | Astún | |
 Puente de San Miguel near Jaca |
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The Río Aragón is an approx. 195 km long northern tributary of the Ebro in the province of Huesca in the autonomous region of Aragon in northeastern Spain . Long stretches of over the following Somport leading -Pass section of the Camino de Santiago its course. Its upper course should not be confused with the Río Aragón Subordán , which flows through the neighboring Valle de Hecho and flows into the Río Aragón at Puente la Reina de Jaca .
course
The Río Aragón has its source in the central Pyrenees at an altitude of around 2,050 m in the Valle de Astún near the border with France . It leaves the high mountains in a southerly direction, turns to the west at the city of Jaca and then reaches the north of the province of Saragossa , where it is dammed by the Yesa dam . Below the reservoir, the Río Aragón flows through the Navarre region in a predominantly south-westerly direction , where it flows into the Ebro at Milagro .
Important tributaries
- Río Lubierre , Río Estarrún , Río Aragón Subordán , Río Veral , Río Esca , Río Regal , Rio Irati , Río Onsella , Río Zidacos , Rio Arga
Reservoirs
Places on the river
- Province of Huesca
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- Astún , Candanchú , Canfranc , Villanúa , Castiello de Jaca , Jaca , Puente la Reina de Jaca ,
- Zaragoza Province
- Navarre region
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- Yesa , Sangüesa , Cáseda , Gallipienzo , Carcastillo , Murillo el Fruto , Santacara , Mélida , Caparroso , Marcilla , Milagro
history
The river gave its name to the historic Kingdom of Aragón , after which the current autonomous community of the same name is named. The old kingdom of Aragón was at war with the emerging kingdom of Castile for a long time (see “ War of the Two Peter ”); the conflict ended only with the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1469.
Web links
- Río Aragón - Photos + Info (Spanish)