Duratón
Río Duratón | ||
Río Duratón in the Hoces del Río Duratón Natural Park |
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Data | ||
location | Segovia and Valladolid provinces , Spain | |
River system | Duero | |
Drain over | Duero → Atlantic | |
source |
Peña Cebollera in the Sierra de Guadarrama 41 ° 8 ′ 47 ″ N , 3 ° 34 ′ 22 ″ W |
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Source height | 1440 msnm | |
muzzle |
Duero coordinates: 41 ° 36 '47 " N , 4 ° 7' 5" W 41 ° 36 '47 " N , 4 ° 7' 5" W. |
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Mouth height | 770 msnm | |
Height difference | 670 m | |
Bottom slope | 6.3 ‰ | |
length | 106 km | |
Catchment area | 1487 km² | |
Drain |
MQ |
4.55 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Río Caslilla | |
Right tributaries | Río Serrano , Río Cerezuela | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Embalse de las Vencías , Embalse de Burgomillodo | |
Communities | Sepúlveda , Peñafiel |
The Duratón is a 106 kilometers long left tributary of the Duero in the Spanish provinces of Segovia and Valladolid in the autonomous region of Castile and León .
course
The source of the Río Duratón is located on the north side of the Iberian Divisional Mountains ( Sierra de Guadarrama ) in the territory of the municipality of Somosierra . His route leads north-west via Sepúlveda to finally flow into the Duero at Peñafiel .
Tributaries
After the snow melts and after heavy rainfall, the Río Duratón has a large number of more or less small tributaries; however, most of them run out of water in summer and autumn. The largest permanent water-bearing tributaries are the Río Serrano , the Río Cerezuela and the Río Caslilla , which flows into the Río Duratón at Sepúlveda.
Places on the river
Attractions
The main attraction on the river is the Hoces del Río Duratón nature park with its canyon-like gorges, above which the spectacularly situated Ermita de San Frutos is located. The small town of Sepúlveda with its Romanesque churches and its medieval-looking old town is of historical and cultural importance; The Romanesque church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is located in the suburb of Duratón , which was incorporated in 1970 . Peñafiel Castle is enthroned on an elongated ridge near the mouth of the Río Duratón and Río Duero .