The Júcar () or Xúquer () is a river on the

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. The river runs for approximately 509 km from its source at Ojuelos de Valdeminguete, on the eastern flank of the

Montes Universales Montes Universales is a long mountain range in the southeastern end of the Iberian System. Its highest point is the 1,935 m high summit known as Caimodorro. The 1,830 m high Muela de San Juan is another important peak. Administratively, the Mon ...

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. Its most important tributary is the

Cabriel Cabriel () or Cabriol () is a tributary of the Júcar River in the province of Albacete, Spain. It has its source in the Montes Universales Montes Universales is a long mountain range in the southeastern end of the Iberian System. Its highest p ...

. River Júcar flows first southward and then eastward through the towns of Cuenca, Alcalá del Júcar,

Cofrentes Cofrentes (Valencian: Cofrents) is a town in the province of Valencia. There is a nuclear power plant A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stati ...

Alzira Alzira may refer to: * ''Alzira'' (opera), an opera by Giuseppe Verdi *Alzira, Valencia Alzira ( es, Alcira) is a city and municipality of 45.088 inhabitants (62,094 floating population) in Valencia, eastern Spain. It is the capital of the ''coma ...

, Sueca and

Cullera Cullera () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Valencian Community. It is part of the province of Valencia and the Ribera Baixa ''comarca''. The city is situated near the discharge of the river Júcar in the Mediterranean Sea. Ge ...

, a town located near its mouth into the

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. It crosses the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia In 1982 the river Júcar broke the Tous's

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, causing the biggest

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in Spanish history with a flow speed of 16,000 cubic metres per second, killing more than 30 people. This flood was the most important one in the whole history of Spain in that times because the people thought that the Tous reservoir was indestructible. The flood was called ''La pantanada de Tous''.

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Confederació Hidrogràfica del Xúquer

Plataforma Xúquer Viu

Projecte de seguiment de la qualitat del Xúquer
Rivers of Spain Rivers of the Valencian Community European drainage basins of the Mediterranean Sea {{Spain-river-stub

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