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river in Spain

Key facts

Country
Spain
Region
Iberian Peninsula
Source
Confluence of Arroyo de la Condesa and Arroyo de Valdemartín
Location
Manzanares el Real
Coordinates
40°46′28″N 3°57′20″W / 40.77444°N 3.95556°W / 40.77444; -3.95556
Elevation
c. 1,810 m (5,940 ft)
Mouth
Jarama river
Length
92 km (57 mi)
Average
10–15 m /s (350–530 cu ft/s)
Progression
‹See Tfd› Jarama → ‹See Tfd› Tagus → Atlantic Ocean

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Spain
Image
El río Manzanares (32972459575).jpg
Length
92
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Commons category
Manzanares River
mouth of the watercourse
Jarama
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Encyclopedic overview

The Manzanares ( Spanish pronunciation: [manθaˈnaɾes]) is a river in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It flows from the Sierra de Guadarrama, passes through Madrid, and eventually empties into the Jarama river, which in turn is a right-bank tributary to the Tagus. In its urban section, the Manzanares River was modified to create a section of water several meters deep, in some parts navigable by canoes. This project of channeling and damming has been partially reversed in a re-naturalization project.

Hydronym

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manzanares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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