Adaja

Adaja
The Adaja near Ávila
Map
Location
CountrySpain
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationFuente Berroqueña
 • coordinates40°32′22.57″N 5°09′10.09″W / 40.5396028°N 5.1528028°W / 40.5396028; -5.1528028
Mouth 
 • location
Douro
 • coordinates
41°31′59.53″N 4°51′47.81″W / 41.5332028°N 4.8632806°W / 41.5332028; -4.8632806
Length163 km (101 mi)
Basin size5,328 km2 (2,057 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDouro→ Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries 
 • rightEresma

The Adaja is a river of Spain located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, a major left-bank tributary of the Douro.[1] Featuring a total length of 163 km, its river basin drains an area of 5,328 km2.[2]

It has its source in the so-called Fuente Berroqueña (Villatoro, province of Ávila), near the saddle point between La Serrota [es] and the Sierra de Ávila.[2] Initially following a Southwest-Northeast course through the Amblés Valley, the Adaja bends towards the North in Ávila. It receives the contribution of its most important tributary, the Eresma, near Matapozuelos,[3] emptying in the Douro in the province of Valladolid near the town of Aniago.[4]

River map

References

  1. ^ "Sistemas acuíferos de la cuenca del Duero" (PDF). p. 35.
  2. ^ a b "Características de los terrenos" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Ávila (208): 17. 27 October 2008.
  3. ^ Salvador, Alvar (2018-12-08). "Matapozuelos y su ermita: una tradición inmemorial | Noticiascyl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  4. ^ Redacción (2015-03-04). "Riberas del Adaja". Valladolid, de pueblo en pueblo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.


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