
The Sor River or ''Sor Mañón'' flows between the provinces of
A Coruña and
Lugo
Lugo (, ; la, Lucus Augusti) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population ...
, in the
autonomous community of
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
,
Spain. It is long.
The river has an impressive
waterfall called ''Augas Caídas'' in
Mañon parish.
The river Sor is the only river with
salmon in Galicia, since unlike others it has not yet been dammed to form a
reservoir for
hydroelectric
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generation.
The
estuary of the River Sor is the
Ria do Barqueiro, long. The river environment,
geomorphology
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, and nearby landscape are of considerable interest.
See also
*
Rivers of Galicia The rivers of Galicia form part of a dense hydrographical network in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia and has been described by Otero Pedrayo as “the land of a thousand rivers”. Most rivers are not deep enough to be navigable, althou ...
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of Galicia (Spain)
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