The Ter is a

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, Spain, that rises at an approximate elevation of near the Ulldeter refuge at the foot of a glacial

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delimited by the nearby peaks of el Bastiments,

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, or el Pic de la Dona. It runs through the comarques of

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, Osona, Selva, Gironès, and

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, discharging into the

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. The Ter follows a course of and drains an area of approximately ; its basin is described by a

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and exorheic drainage pattern. Annually, an average of of water is moved by the river, with an average flow rate of at its mouth. Although its headwaters are in the

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, the Ter receives significant inflow from rivers in the middle and lower plains. Thus it is susceptible to flooding in both the spring and the autumn.

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