The Río Palmones is a river of the
Province of Cádiz in Southeastern coastal Spain. Its source is in
Lomas del Castaño,
Sierra Blanquilla, and it flows for some into the
Bay of Gibraltar
The Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeciras), is a bay at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. It is around long by wide, covering an area of some , with a depth of up to in the centre of the bay. It opens to the south into the Strait ...
, North of the city of
Algeciras
Algeciras ( , ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeci ...
, in the neighborhood of
Palmones. The
Battle of Río Palmones took place here in 1342.
References
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of Andalusia
Algeciras
Geography of the Province of Cádiz
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