The Adaja[a] is a river located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. A major left-bank tributary of the Douro,[1] it flows 163 kilometres (101 mi), and its river basin drains an area of 5,328 square kilometres (2,057 mi2).[2]

It has its source in the so-called Fuente Berroqueña (Villatoro, province of Ávila), near the saddle point between La Serrota [es] and the Sierra de Ávila.[2] Initially following a southwest-northeast course through the Amblés Valley, the Adaja then bends northward in Ávila, later receiving the contribution of its most important tributary, the Eresma, near Matapozuelos.[3] It empties into the Douro in the province of Valladolid near the town of Aniago [es].[4]

River map

Notes

  1. ↑ Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðaxa]

References

  1. ↑ "Sistemas acuíferos de la cuenca del Duero" (PDF). p. 35.
  2. 1 2 "Características de los terrenos" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Ávila (208): 17. 27 October 2008.
  3. ↑ Salvador, Alvar (2018-12-08). "Matapozuelos y su ermita: una tradición inmemorial | Noticiascyl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  4. ↑ Redacción (2015-03-04). "Riberas del Adaja". Valladolid, de pueblo en pueblo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaja