Vero (Cinca)

Río Vero
Cinca catchment area
Data
location	Huesca Province , Spain
River system	Ebro
Drain over	Cinca  → Segre  → Ebro  → Mediterranean
source	Monte Capramote in El Pueyo de Morcat 42 ° 21 '46 "  N , 0 ° 0' 56"  O
Source height	1308  msnm
muzzle	at Castejón del Puente in the Cinca coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 0 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W 41 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  N , 0 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  W
Mouth height	285  msnm
Height difference	1023 m
Bottom slope	17 ‰
length	60.9 km
Catchment area	372 km²
Reservoirs flowed through	Embalse de Vadiello
Medium-sized cities	Barbastro
Small towns	Alquezar
Río Vero in Barbastro

Old bridge over the Vero in Sarsa de Surta

The Río Vero is a river in the Spanish province of Huesca . It rises with a spring only active in winter and spring at 1308 m above sea level on the Pueyo de Morcat in the Aragonese Pyrenees , flows through the karst formations of the Sierra y Cañones de Guara nature park and the town of Alquézar with impressive gorges described by the photographer Lucien Briet . In its further course it runs through the town of Barbastro and flows a few kilometers below into the Cinca . The length of the river is 60.9 km. The water flow is irregular.

Culture park

In 1998, the Parque Cultural del río Vero was created in the municipalities of Bárcabo, Adahuesca , Alquézar , Colungo , Santa María de Dulcis, Pozán de Vero, Azara , Castillazuelo and Barbastro, which contains prehistoric finds, medieval works of art and works of religious art.

Web links

Commons : Vero (Cinca)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Río Vero. In: Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (Spanish)