River Tormes
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Spain
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river, that starts in the Prado Tormejón, the Mountain range of Gredos, Navarredonda de Gredos
Navarredonda de Gredos
Navarredonda de Gredos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census , the municipality has a population of 469 inhabitants....
, province of Ávila
Ávila (province)
Ávila is a province of central-western Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered on the south by the provinces of Toledo and Cáceres, on the west by Salamanca, on the north by Valladolid, and on the east by Segovia and Madrid. Ávila has a...
. It crosses the provinces of Avila and Salamanca
Salamanca (province)
Salamanca is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres; and by Portugal....
, ending at the Duero
Douro
The Douro or Duero is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto...
river, the municipal term of Villarino of Airs (Salamanca), at the zone denominated locally as Ambasaguas, after 284 km in length. Due to its characteristics this river does not provide the water supply to the population during summer and for this reason, at the end of 1960 the dam of Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa may refer to:a person:* Saint Teresa of Ávila* Saint Teresa of the Andesplaces:* Santa Teresa, Santa Fe in Argentina* Santa Teresa, Northern Territory in Australia* Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo in Brazil...
was constructed, with a capacity of 496 million cubic meters that the water supply in summer assured and regulated as well as it laminated the great avenues at time of winter.
Also it has the dam of Villagonzalo and near the opening in the Duero the Almendra Dam
Almendra Dam
The Almendra Dam, also known as Villarino Dam, in Salamanca, Spain, interrupts the course of the River Tormes five kilometres from the village from which it takes its name: Almendra...
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Characteristics
- Length: 284 km
- Of great volume half: 42,43 ms³/s
- Surface of the river basin: 7 096 km²
- Country that it crosses: Spain
- Opening: Fermoselle, Duero River
Localities by which it passes
From north to south:- Salamanca
- Santa Marta de Tormes
- Dawn of Tormes
- Guijuelo
- Bridge of the Congosto
- Navamorales
- The Losar
- The Boat of Avila
- The Alder grove of Tormes
- Narrowness of Tormes
- Holes of the Hawthorn
- Navacepeda de Tormes