Tagus Tajo (Spanish) Tejo (Portuguese) | |
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Etymology | Vulgar Latin taliāre, "to cut through" |
Location | |
Country | Spain, Portugal |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fuente de García |
- location | Montes Universales, Sierra de Albarracín Comarca, Teruel, Aragon, Spain |
- elevation | 1,593 m (5,226 ft) |
Mouth | Estuary of the Tagus |
- location | Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon, Portugal |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 1,007 km (626 mi) |
Basin size | 80,100 km2 (30,900 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 500 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
- left | Guadiela, Algodor, Gévalo, Ibor, Almonte, Salor, Sever |
- right | Gallo, Jarama, Guadarrama, Alberche, Tiétar, Alagón, Zêzere |
The Tagus (Spanish: Tajo [ˈtaxo]; Portuguese: Tejo [ˈtɛʒu]; Latin: Tagus; Ancient Greek: Τάγος Tagos) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula.
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