Argos River

Argos River
The Argos River in the municipality of Cehegín
Data
location	Murcia Province
River system	Segura River
Drain over	Río Segura  → Mediterranean
Source height	900  msnm
muzzle	at Calasparra in the Río Segura coordinates: 38 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  W 38 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  W
Mouth height	263  msnm
Height difference	637 m
Bottom slope	approx. 15 ‰
length	approx. 42 km
Drain	MQ	500 l / s
Reservoirs flowed through	Embalse del Argos
Small towns	Caravaca de la Cruz , Cehegín , Calasparra

The Río Argos is a river in the region of Murcia in Spain . It is a right tributary of the Río Segura .

location

The Vega del Argos with Cehegín in the background

Bridge over the river in Cehegín

The approximately 42 km long river has its source in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz in the Murcia region, where several source streams (Ramblas de los Calderones, de las Buitreras, de Parriel, de la Higuera and shortly afterwards Béjar) unite. It flows parallel to the Quípar, which runs south, past Cehegín and crosses the small reservoir Embalse del Argos . At Calasparra it flows into the Río Segura.