Mondego River

Mondego
Mondego
	Mondego River, near Penacova, Portugal.
	Mondego River in Portugal
Native name	Mondego (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Portugal
Physical characteristics
Source	Serra da Estrela
• location	Gouveia
• elevation	1,425 metres (4,675 ft)
Mouth	Figueira da Foz
• location	Atlantic Ocean, Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District, Centro, Portugal
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	234 km (145 mi)
Basin size	6,670 km2 (2,580 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Figueira da Foz
• average	108 m3/s (3,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Alva, Ceira, Arunca, and Pranto
• right	Dão

The Rio Mondego (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u mõˈdeɣu]) or Mondego River is the longest river entirely within Portuguese territory.^[1] It has its source in Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal (i.e. excluding the Portuguese islands). It runs 234 kilometres (145 mi) from the Gouveia municipality, at 1,425 metres (4,675 ft) above sea level in Serra da Estrela, to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean next to the city of Figueira da Foz.

^ "Mondego" by Manuel Pinheiro, Final Project of a masters's degree in Wildlife Documentary Production from the University of Salford. Film marked with a distinction. Filmed in Portugal during May/June 2011. A voyage by the Mondego river's wildlife from the mountains to the sea.

[1] "Mondego" by Manuel Pinheiro, Final Project of a masters's degree in Wildlife Documentary Production from the University of Salford. Film marked with a distinction. Filmed in Portugal during May/June 2011. A voyage by the Mondego river's wildlife from the mountains to the sea.

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