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Salas (Galiza)

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Salas River (Galician pronunciation: [ˈsalɐs], Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalas], Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsalɐʃ]) is a tributary of the Lima. It rises in the Larouco mountains (pt:Serra do Larouco), within the municipality of Baltar, Ourense, Galicia. It flows through the territory of the Couto Misto, a former independent state, and the Portuguese village of Tourém (pt:Tourém) before being dammed up by the Encoro de Salas, back in Spain. It flows into the Limia River near the town of Lobios.

Flows through: Spain.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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