The Órbigo River is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora,
Spain
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. It begins at the convergence of the
Luna River
The Lonea (also: ''Luna'') is a left tributary of the river Someșul Mic in Romania. It discharges into the Someșul Mic in Iclod, Fundătura.Omaña River in the village of Secarejo, in the Cimanes del Tejar municipality. Decades ago, that confluence was some km. before, in the town of Santiago del Molinillo. It flows from north to south through the province of León and ultimately flows into the Esla River below Benavente.
How the river came to have this name is not known. According to the linguist E. Bascuas, the toponym Órbigo, would come from a Paleo-European hydronymic theme *urw-, derived from the
Indo-European
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and the Iranian plateau with additional native branches found in regions such as Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Central Asia (e. ...
File:Orbigo Bridge.jpg, In 1433 on this spot—the bridge over the river Órbigo— Suero de Quiñones and ten of his knights challenged all comers to a Pas d'Armes, promising to "break 300 lances" before moving on.
File:Puente del Paso Honroso en Hospital de Orbigo.jpg, Medieval bridge over the Órbigo River in Hospital de Órbigo, León.
File:Rio Orbigo.JPG, Órbigo river watershed.
File:Nacimiento del Rio Orbigo.JPG, Another view of the union of the Luna and Omaña rivers, forming the Órbigo.