The Tajuña (; from the Latin ''Tagonius'') is a river in central
Spain, flowing through the provinces of
Guadalajara
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and
Madrid. It is a tributary of the river
Jarama which in turn is a tributary of the
Tagus. It rises in the
Sierra de Solorio
The Solorio Range ( es, Sierra de Solorio) is a mountain range located in the western side of the Iberian System, Spain. It straddles Aragon, Castile-La Mancha and Castile and León.
Description
The ridge is roughly aligned in an E-W direction ...
, near the town of
Maranchón
Maranchón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 244 inhabitants.
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(Guadalajara), at a location known as ''Fuente del Carro'' near the village of Clares.
Course
Near its source it flows through a landscape of high altitude
moorland
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s, through deep valleys of
Miocene era
limestone, characterised by
clays,
marl
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Marl makes up the lower part o ...
s and
dolomitic
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limestone. It has one
reservoir, ''La Tajera'', with an extension of 409 ha near
Cifuentes. It crosses the villages of
Luzón,
Anguita
Anguita is a municipality in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of 203 in 2009.
Geography
Anguita is located in the Sistema Ibérico below Sierra Ministra. River Tajuña and its tributaries, La Madre an ...
,
Luzaga,
Cortes de Tajuña
Cortes, Cortés, Cortês, Corts, or Cortès may refer to:
People
* Cortes (surname), including a list of people with the name
** Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador
Places
* Cortes, Navarre, a village in the South border of N ...
,
Brihuega and
Renera
Renera is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center
* Ins ...
in Guadalajara province and enters Madrid province at
Ambite
Ambite () is a municipality in the province of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Alcalá. It has 382 inhabitants (INE 2005) in an area of , with a population density of 14.69 hab/km2. It lies above sea level.
Ambite is home ...
; it then passes close to
Orusco,
Carabaña,
Tielmes
Tielmes is a municipality of the Community of Madrid
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,
Perales de Tajuña and
Morata de Tajuña
Morata de Tajuña is a municipality of the Community of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the C ...
, before joining the Jarama near
Titulcia.
Climate
The climate in the river basin is Mediterranean, getting more arid closer to the Jarama. Rainfall is more frequent in autumn and winter.
Morphology
Being an internal river, its tributaries in the province of Guadalajara are seasonal streams which only contain water in spring. The Tajuña gets its water from springs and from the ''Calizas del Páramo de la Alcarria'' aquifer which covers 1,800 km² at a depth of 30–40 m.
References
* Spanish Wikipedia article
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Rivers of Spain
Rivers of the Community of Madrid
Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha
Tributaries of the Jarama