Adaja | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Fuente Berroqueña |
• coordinates | 40°32′22.57″N 5°09′10.09″W / 40.5396028°N 5.1528028°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Douro |
• coordinates | 41°31′59.53″N 4°51′47.81″W / 41.5332028°N 4.8632806°W |
Length | 163 km (101 mi) |
Basin size | 5,328 km2 (2,057 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Douro→ Atlantic Ocean |
Tributaries | |
• right | Eresma |
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 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]