Tajo River, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km, generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.
  • Etymology: Vulgar Latin taliāre, "to cut through"
  • Country: Spain, Portugal
  • Source: Fuente de García, Montes Universales
  • Mouth: Estuary of the Tagus, Atlantic Ocean
  • Length: 1,007 km (626 mi)
  • Basin size: 80,100 km² (30,900 sq mi)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org