The Anllóns is a
Galician river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
that begins in the Xalo Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and flows into the Atlantic via the Ria of Corme and Laxe.
Along its course, it crosses the municipalities of
Cabana de Bergantiños,
Carballo,
Cerceda,
Coristanco
Coristanco is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Bergantiños.
Notable people
* Rubén Iván Martínez (born 22 June 1984), known simply as Rub ...
, and
Ponteceso
Ponteceso is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca
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. Its average flow is .
It was declared a
Site of Community Importance
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in the year 2001. It is fed by brooks like the Graña, Quenxe, Acheiro, Abaixo, Queo or Bertón during its high course. After the pass at Mount Neme, it receives the water of the brooks Gándara, Bandeira, Vao, Galvar, Portecelo or Batán, and in its low course its tributaries include the brooks Lourido, Ponteceso, Prados and Bouzas.
See also
*
List of rivers of Spain
*
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 ...
References
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of Galicia (Spain)
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