Río Miño

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Río Miño is a major river in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula that flows through Spain and partly forms the border with Portugal before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Rio Minho 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
transboundary river
basinCountry Portugal NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
borderRegionPortugal Norte Region NERFINISHED
borderRegionSpain Galicia NERFINISHED
borderSectionLength approximately 70 km
continent Europe
country Portugal
Spain
drainageBasin Miño River basin
flowsDirectionGeneral southwest
flowsThroughProvince Lugo NERFINISHED
Ourense NERFINISHED
Pontevedra NERFINISHED
flowsThroughRegion Galicia NERFINISHED
formsBorderBetween Spain and Portugal NERFINISHED
hasEstuary Ría de Vigo NERFINISHED
hasValley Ribeira Sacra NERFINISHED
languageNameInGalician Miño NERFINISHED
languageNameInPortuguese Minho NERFINISHED
languageNameInSpanish Miño NERFINISHED
length approximately 340 km
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
majorCityOnRiver Lugo NERFINISHED
Ourense NERFINISHED
Tui NERFINISHED
majorTownOnRiver Monforte de Lemos NERFINISHED
Ribadavia NERFINISHED
Salvaterra de Miño NERFINISHED
Valença do Minho NERFINISHED
mouth Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
mouthLocation Ría de Vigo NERFINISHED
mouthNearbyCity A Guarda NERFINISHED
Caminha NERFINISHED
notableFor forming part of the Spain–Portugal border
vineyards along its banks
region northwest Spain
sourceCountry Spain NERFINISHED
sourceLocation Pedregal de Irimia NERFINISHED
sourceProvince Lugo NERFINISHED
sourceRegion Sierra de Meira NERFINISHED
tributary Avia River NERFINISHED
Neira River NERFINISHED
Sil River NERFINISHED
Tea River NERFINISHED
usedFor fishing
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
navigation in lower course

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Miño alsoKnownAs Río Miño
Miño alsoKnownAs Río Miño
this entity surface form: Rio Minho