Horna (RPS 24-10-2021) nacimiento del río Henares

The Henares () is a

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of the Jarama. It has its source in the

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, in the village of Horna, near Sigüenza, in the province of Guadalajara. Its tributaries are the

Torote The Torote is a river in Spain, tributary of the Henares. It has its source close to ''Picorroble'' hill, in the province of Guadalajara Guadalajara () is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As ...

, the Sorbe, the Cañamares, the Salado, the Dulce, the Aliendre, and the Bornova. ''Henares'' in Spanish is the plural of ''henar'' 'hayfield' (derived from the Latin word ''faenum'' 'hay'), because formerly there were

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on the river's banks.

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