Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Location
- Mediterranean Sea
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Length
- 17.7 km (11.0 mi)
- Basin size
- 1,039 km (401 sq mi)
- Average
- 4.33 m /s (153 cu ft/s)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- main stem
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Barcelonès
- Elevation
- 16
- Image
- Rbesos03.jpg
- Length
- 17.7
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- watershed area
- 1038.31
- tributary
- Ripoll
- Commons category
- Besòs River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Mediterranean Sea
- discharge
- 4.33
- directions
- Polígon Industrial del Pla
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Encyclopedic overview
The Besòs ( Catalan pronunciation: [bəˈzɔs]; Spanish: Besós) is a river flowing through Catalonia, Spain, formed by the confluence of the Mogent and Congost rivers. It ends in the Mediterranean. Its full watershed includes the following cities: Aiguafreda, La Garriga, Sant Fost de Campsantelles, Canovelles, Granollers, Montmeló, Mollet del Vallès, Montcada i Reixac, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona and Sant Adrià de Besòs. Due to its Mediterranean climate, the river can have extreme discrepancies in flow depending on the weather.
Tributaries
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Besòs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.