Key facts
- Native name
- Mondego ( Portuguese )
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Central Region
- Source
- Serra da Estrela
- Location
- Gouveia
- Elevation
- 1,425 metres (4,675 ft)
- Mouth
- Figueira da Foz
- Length
- 234 km (145 mi)
- Basin size
- 6,670 km (2,580 sq mi)
- Average
- 108 m /s (3,800 cu ft/s)
- Left
- Alva, Ceira , Arunca, and Pranto
- Right
- Dão
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- Image
- Parque do Mondego - Coimbra.jpg
- Length
- 234
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- Commons category
- Rio Mondego
- discharge
- 108.3
- watershed area
- 6644
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Mondego River in Coimbra. The Mondego River, also known as Mondego, is the longest river entirely within Portuguese territory. It has its source in Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal (i.e. excluding the Portuguese islands). It runs 234 kilometres (145 mi) from the Gouveia municipality, at 1,425 metres (4,675 ft) above sea level in Serra da Estrela, to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean next to the city of Figueira da Foz.
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list of cities in Portugal
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list of World Heritage Sites in Portugal
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