The Tormes is a Spanish river, that starts in Prado Tormejón, in the mountain range of Gredos,

Navarredonda de Gredos Navarredonda de Gredos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2011 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 472 inhabitants. The area is located at an elevation of above sea leve ...

, province of

Ávila Ávila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila. It lies on the right bank of the Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m ab ...

. It crosses the provinces of Avila and

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit ...

, ending at the

Duero The Douro (, , ; es, Duero ; la, Durius) is the highest-flow river of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province, central Spain, meanders south briefly then flows generally west through the north-west part o ...

river, at a place known locally as Ambasaguas, after . This river is not able to provide the water supply to the population during summer and for this reason, the dam of Santa Teresa was constructed in 1960, with a capacity of to regulate and assure the water supply in summer, as well as to moderate high flows in winter. Also it has the dam of Villagonzalo and the

Almendra Dam The Almendra Dam, also known as Villarino Dam, in Salamanca, Spain, interrupts the course of the River Tormes five kilometres from the village from which it takes its name: Almendra (literally, almond). It was constructed between 1963 and 1970. ...

, near to where it joins the Duero. *Length: 284 km *Of great volume half: 42,43 ms³/s *Surface of the river basin: *Country that it crosses: Spain *Mouth: Duero River at Fermoselle

Localities by which it passes

From north to south: *

* Santa Marta de Tormes * Alba de Tormes *

Guijuelo Guijuelo () is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was cr ...

* Puente del Congosto *

Navamorales Navamorales is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 142 people. Geography T ...

* El Losar * El Barco de Ávila * The Alder grove of Tormes * Narrowness of Tormes * Holes of the Hawthorn * Navacepeda de Tormes

Tributaries

* Zurguén stream * Corneja * Almar * Aravalle * Becedillas * Caballeruelo * Alhándiga * Valdeascas

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Localities by which it passes

Tributaries

See also

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