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Galicia Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval King ...

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Sil River The Sil is a river in León ( Castile and León) and Galicia, Spain, a tributary of the Miño. Its total length is . The source of the Sil is in the Cantabrian Mountains in the Leonese town of Villablino. It flows through the provinces of L ...

, mouth_location = Province of Lugo , mouth_coordinates = {{coord, 42.4240, -7.6626, format=dms, type:river_region:ES, display=inline,title , mouth_elevation = {{convert, 950, m, abbr=on , progression = , river_system = , basin_size = {{convert, 1577, km2, abbr=on , tributaries_left = , tributaries_right = , custom_label = , custom_data = , extra = The Cabe is a river in the province of Lugo, Galicia (Spain), Spain, tributary of the

. The river is 56 km long and flows through the municipalities of Inicio, Puebla del Brollón, Monforte de Lemos,

Pantón Pantón is a municipality of northwestern Spain, in the province of Lugo; in a mountainous district, watered by the rivers Miño, Cabe and Sil River. Its population in 2002 was 3,377. Livestock is extensively reared, and large quantities of w ...

and

Sober, Lugo Sober, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo Lugo (, ; la, Lucus Augusti) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (p ...

. It occupies an areas of 1577 hectares and has contamination problems in some spots in its southern end. It was called "Chalibe" in the period of Ancient Rome. The fish that inhabit the river are the trout, family of the Salmonidae, the bog ''

Leporinus obtusidens ''Megaleporinus obtusidens'' is a South American species of headstander that inhabits the basins of the Paraná River and the Río de la Plata, the Uruguay River, and the São Francisco River (including minor rivers and tributaries like the Berme ...

'', the common carp '' Cyprinus carpio'' and some " black-bass", ''

Micropterus salmoides The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae (Centrarchidae, sunfish) family (biology), family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern ...

floridanus'', fish introduced into North American rivers called black perch.

Course

The river begins in a place called "Fonte das Abellas", near the village of Cabude, the parish of Foilebar, in the municipality of Inicio. The river flows through the village of Fontes, Trascastro, Inicio and San Pedro do Incio, in the municipality of O Incio. It then enters the municipality of Puebla del Brollón and flows through the villages of Biduedo, Pacios de Veiga, Veiga, Santalla de Rey, Eixón and Fornelas. It begins at the Saa River and enters the concello of Monforte de Lemos and flows through the villages of A Parte, O Freixo, Ribas Altas where it joins with the Mao river and enters the capital of Monfortina where it crosses a medieval bridge. The river then flows through Piñeira and Distriz in Monforte de Lemos. It serves as a boundary between the concellos of Panton and

, showering the parishes of Canaval, Vilaescura, Rosende e Anllo, of Sober, and Mañente, Vilamelle, Espasante, Cangas, Acedre and Frontón, of Pantón. It finally flows into the

Tribituaries

*Antigua *Fontán, Cebedezo *Santa Bárbara *San Miguel *Picarrexo *Saa *

Sil SIL, Sil and sil may refer to: Organizations * Servis Industries Limited, Pakistan * Smithsonian Institution Libraries * SIL International, formerly Summer Institute of Linguistics * Apex Silver Mines (former American Stock Exchange ticker symb ...

*Mao *Carabelos *Ferreira *Vado stream.

Habitats

* Oak tree forests of Quercus robur and

Quercus pyrenaica ''Quercus pyrenaica'', commonly known as Pyrenean oak, is a tree native to southwestern Europe and northwestern North Africa. Despite its common name, it is rarely found in the Pyrenees Mountains and is more abundant in northern Portugal and nort ...

Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelat ...

tree forests of Castanea sativa *Endemic oromediterranean scrub with gorse *European dry scrub *Riverbank forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior *Pseudo-estepas with pasture of Therobrachypodietea

Flora

*Festuga elegans

Fauna

* Woodlark (Lullula arborea) * European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) *

Gray heron The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern ...

(Ardea cinerea) * Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) * Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) * Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinun) * Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) *

Common bent-wing bat The common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii''), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout ...

(Miniopterus schreibersi) * Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) * Gold-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) *Dragon-fly (

Macromia splendens ''Macromia splendens'' is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is found in France, Portugal, and Spain. Its natural habitats are rivers and water storage areas. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also ter ...

) * Stoat (Mustela erminea) Rivers of Spain Lugo