Alagón (river)
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 Bend of the Río Alagón near Caminomorisco |
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| Data | ||
| location | Spain | |
| River system | Tagus | |
| Drain over | Tagus → Atlantic | |
| source | at Frades de la Sierra 40 ° 41 ′ 3 ″ N , 5 ° 47 ′ 27 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 1060 msnm | |
| muzzle | At Alcántara in the Tajo coordinates: 39 ° 44 '14 " N , 6 ° 52' 39" W 39 ° 44 '14 " N , 6 ° 52' 39" W |
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| Mouth height | 240 msnm | |
| Height difference | approx. 820 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 4 ‰ | |
| length | 205 km | |
| Medium-sized cities | Coria | |
.jpg) Roman bridge at Sotoserrano |
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The Río Alagón is around 205 km long and is the longest tributary of the Tagus .
course
The Río Alagón has its source in the province of Salamanca in western Spain . On the upper and middle reaches it flows through very thinly populated areas of Castile . Behind Sotoserrano , it crosses the Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia Natural Park in a narrow valley . At the middle course, the river is dammed in the Embalse de Gabriel y Galán (the Granadilla peninsula with the ghost town of the same name is almost enclosed by the reservoir ) and immediately afterwards it merges into the Embalse de Valdebispo . About 50 km before the mouth it flows past Coria , the only small town on its course. At Alcántara in the province of Extremadura it flows into the Tajo , where both rivers together form the reservoir of the Embalse de Alcántara .
Tributaries
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Places on the river
Attractions
The city of Coria with its castle, its cathedral and the nearby bishop's palace (palacio episcopal) , its monasteries and convents and its central square is one of the most beautiful places ( conjunto histórico-artístico ) in Spain. At the village of Sotoserrano a Roman bridge crosses the river; it was part of the road network of Via de la Plata ("Silver Road").
