The Sorbe is a right-bank tributary of the

Henares The Henares () is a river in Spain, tributary of the Jarama. It has its source in the Sierra Ministra, in the village of Horna, near Sigüenza, in the province of Guadalajara. Its tributaries are the Torote, the Sorbe, the Cañamares, the S ...

, located in the centre of the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

. It forms part of the Tagus river basin. It has its source in the easternmost foothills of the

Sistema Central The Central System, Spanish and pt, Sistema Central, is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit. The Central System is located just north of the 40th parallel an ...

at roughly 1,310 m above sea level, formed upon the confluence of smaller streams, although it feeds downstream from right-bank tributaries born at a higher altitude, namely: the and the . It has a length of 79.5 km. Running southwards through the Spanish

province of Guadalajara Guadalajara () is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2013 it had a population of 257,723 people. The population of the province has grown in the last 10 years. It is located in the centre of ...

, it empties in the Henares at 700 m above sea level, near

Humanes Humanes is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain in the province of Guadalajara (province), Guadalajara, an autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, with an area of 48.98 km² (18.91 mi²), population of 1,272 (2004 estimat ...

. It drains a basin of 546 km.².

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * * {{authority control Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha Geography of the Province of Guadalajara Tributaries of the Henares