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The Minho River is a river located in Spain that flows through the Iberian Peninsula. It serves as an important waterway in the region, contributing to the local geography and hydrology of Spain.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- watercourse
- Official name
- Rio Miño
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Portugal
- Continent
- Europe
- Area
- 4554350
- Image
- Roman bridge, Ourense (Spain).jpg
- Length
- 315
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- tributary
- Silis
- Commons category
- Minho River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Atlantic Ocean
- topic's main category
- Category:Minho (river)
- watershed area
- 17619
- category for the water basin
- Category:Minho basin
- Commons gallery
- Río Miño - Rio Minho
- discharge
- 342
- origin of the watercourse
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Encyclopedic overview
The Minho (/ˈmiːn.juː/ MEEN-yoo; Portuguese: [ˈmiɲu]) or Miño (/ˈmiːnjoʊ/ MEEN-yoh; Spanish: [ˈmiɲo] ; Galician: [ˈmiɲʊ]; Proto-Celtic: *Miniu) is the longest river in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, with a length of 340 kilometres (210 mi). It forms a part of the international border between Spain and Portugal. By discharge volume, it is the fourth largest river of the Iberian Peninsula after the Douro, Ebro, and Tagus rivers.
The Minho waters vineyards and farmland and is used to produce hydroelectric power. It also delineates a section of the Spanish–Portuguese border. In ancient English maps, it appears as Minno.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minho River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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