Localización - Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia

The Francia ( es, río Francia) is a 25 km long

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of the Alagón, a right-hand tributary of the

Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to e ...

. Its source is at 1350 m in the Valle de Lera ( Sierra de Francia). It flows into the Alagón at a height of 420 m. The importance of this river lies in the fact that it gives its name to the Sierra de Francia, south of

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. Part of its course falls within the '' Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia Natural Park'' protected area.

References and external links

Diputación de Salamanca - Turismo - Sierra de Francia.

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