The Mijares or Millars ( es, Mijares, ca, Millars, an, Millars) is a
river in
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
and the
Valencian Community, eastern
Spain. It flows into the
Mediterranean Sea between
Almassora and
Burriana. The Mijares River marks the southernmost limit of the
Catalan Mediterranean System
The Catalan Mediterranean System, also known as Mediterranean System, Transversal Ibero-Pyrenaean System, and Catalanid System,Josep Guitart i Duran, Maria del Tura Bolòs et al. ''Història agrària dels Països Catalans (Volum 1) Antiguitat'', 2 ...
.
This river originates at a height of 1,600 m in the
Sierra de Gúdar
Sierra de Gúdar is a mountain range in the Gúdar-Javalambre and Maestrazgo comarcas of Aragon and the Alto Mijares comarca of the Valencian Community, Spain. The highest point in the range is Peñarroya (2,019 m).
Geography
This mountain ...
,
Sistema Ibérico. It is 156 km long, with a 4,028 km
2 wide basin and an average flow of 14.72 m
3 per second at
Cirat. This river is the main source of irrigation water for agriculture in the
Plana Baixa comarca.
[Joaquim Aparici Vilar, ''L'Agricultura al terme de Borriana'', Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana. ]
See also
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List of rivers of Spain
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsu ...
References
External links
Riu Millars video
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of the Valencian Community
Rivers of Aragon
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