Gaià River
Gaià | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Santa Coloma de Queralt |
Mouth | |
• location | Mediterranean Sea |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 59 km (37 mi) |
Basin size | 423.8 km2 (163.6 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 0.57 m3/s (20 cu ft/s) |
The Gaià is a 59 km long river in Tarragona Province, Catalonia.
Course[]
Its source is at Santa Coloma de Queralt, situated in the Catalan Central Depression, gathering the waters of the and mountain ranges. It flows through deep gorges across the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range and then close to Santes Creus and, at the end, into the Mediterranean at the , Tarragonès, near Altafulla forming a coastal lagoon separated from the sea by a sandbar. The river mouth is a protected area.[1]
Tributaries[]
Its main tributaries are:[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Desembocadura del riu Gaià; Fitxes descriptives de zones humides" (PDF). Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural de la Generalitat de Catalunya (CC-BY-SA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-23.
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- ^ Josep M. Calbet& Teresa M. Jové, Alt Camp: marc físic marc humà, Generalitat de Catalunya. Valls May 1983 ISBN 84-300-8291-3
External links[]
- Gaià River – On the route of the castles in Camp de Tarragona region – part I., in Catalonia, Spain (in English)
- Media related to Gaià River at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 41°13′12″N 1°20′39″E / 41.22000°N 1.34417°E
Categories:
- Rivers of Spain
- Rivers of Catalonia
- Province of Tarragona geography stubs
- Spain river stubs