Río Ambroz
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Río Ambroz Río Cáparra |
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_02.JPG) Ambroz River waterfall |
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| Data | ||
| location | Spain | |
| River system | Tagus | |
| Drain over | Alagón → Tagus → Atlantic | |
| source |
Sierra Cabrera 40 ° 17 ′ 2 " N , 5 ° 46 ′ 53" W. |
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| Source height | approx. 2000 msnm | |
| muzzle | in the Río Alagón coordinates: 40 ° 9 ′ 51 ″ N , 6 ° 9 ′ 20 ″ W 40 ° 9 ′ 51 ″ N , 6 ° 9 ′ 20 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 390 msnm | |
| Height difference | approx. 1610 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 46 ‰ | |
| length | 35 km | |
| Small towns | Hervás | |
| Communities | Abadía | |
The approximately 35 km long Río Ambroz (on the last 10 km of its course it is also called Río Cáparra ) is a tributary of the Río Alagón in the north of the province of Cáceres in the autonomous region of Extremadura in western Spain .
course
The Río Ambroz rises - depending on the strength and duration of the rainfall - at an altitude of around 1800 to 2000 m on the western slope of the 2102 m high Canchal Pinajarro in the Sierra Cabrera ; it initially flows west to take a predominantly south-westerly direction at Abadía . Its confluence with the Río Alagón is in the municipality of Guijo de Granadilla .
Places on the river
Attractions
Worth seeing are the initially wooded, later arid mountain and hill landscapes in the Valle del Ambroz as well as the small town of Hervás with its approx. 4,000 inhabitants with its still preserved former Jewish quarter (judería) . The Roman bridge of Cáparra crosses the river about 4 km before it flows into the Río Alagón .
