EBRO (anc. Iberus or Hiberus)

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EBRO (anc. Iberus or Hiberus) , the only one of the five

great

GREAT

rivers of the Iberian Peninsula (Tagus, Douro, Ebro, Guadalquivir, Guadiana) which flows into the Mediterranean. The Ebro rises at Fuentibre, a hamlet among the Cantabrian Mountains, in the province of

Santander

; at Reinosa, 4 M.

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, it is joined on the right by the Hijar, and thus gains considerably in volume. It flows generally

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

through a tortuous valley as far as Miranda de Ebro, passing through the celebrated Roman bridge known as La Horadada (" the perforated "), near Ofla in Burgos. From Miranda it winds

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-eastward through
the wide basin enclosed on the right by the highlands of Old Castile and western Aragon, and on the left by the Pyrenees. The

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

cities on its banks are Logrono, Calahorra, Tudela,

Saragossa

and Caspe. Near Mora in Catalonia it forces a way through the coastal mountains, and, passing Tortosa, falls into the Mediterranean about 8o m. south-west of

Barcelona

BARCELONA

, after forming by its delta a conspicuous projection on the otherwise regular

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

line. In its length, approximately 465 m., the Ebro is inferior to the Tagus, Guadiana and Douro; it drains an area of nearly 32,000 sq. m. Its principal tributaries arefrom the right haid the Jalon with its affluent the Jiloca, the Huerva, Aguas, Martin, Guadalope and Matarrana; from the left the Ega, Aragon, Arba, Gallego, and the Segre with its intricate system of confluent rivers. The Ebro and its tributaries have been utilized for irrigation since the Moorish conquest; the main stream becomes navigable by small boats about Tudela; but its value as a means of communication is almost neutralized by the obstacles in its channel, and seafaring vessels cannot proceed farther up than Tortosa. The

great

GREAT

Imperial Canal, begun under the empercr Charles V. (r 5oo-1558), proceeds along the right bank of the river from a point about 3 M. below Tudela, to El Burgo de Ebro, 5 M. below

Saragossa

; the irrigation canal of Tauste skirts the opposite bank for a shorter distance; and the San Carlos or New Canal affords direct communication between Amposta at the head of the delta and the harbour of Los Alfaques. From Miranda to Mora the Bilbao-

Tarragona

TARRAGONA
TARRAGONA (anc. Tarraco)

railway follows the course of the Ebro along the right bank.

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