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Segura

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Also known as Río Segura

river in Spain

Key facts

Country
Spain
Source
Fuente Segura, Sierra de Segura
Location
Jaén
Elevation
1,413 m (4,636 ft)
Mouth
Mediterranean Sea
Length
325 km (202 mi)
Basin size
19,525 km (7,539 sq mi)
Average
Cieza: 26.3 m /s (930 cu ft/s)

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Encyclopedic overview

Source of the Segura River. The Vega Alta del Segura near Calasparra, Murcia, famous for its rice. The Vega Baja del Segura in Orihuela, Alicante.

Segura (Spanish and Valencian: [seˈɣuɾa] ; Latin: Thader; Arabic: شقورة, romanized: Shaqūrah, or وادي الأبيض Wādī l-Abyaḍ) is a medium-sized river in southeastern Spain. It has its source in the Sierra de Segura.

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

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