Douro River

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geographical feature river

The Douro River is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from northern Spain through Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean and famed for the terraced vineyards of the Port wine region along its banks.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Douro	3
Douro region	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
borderFunction	forms part of the border between Spain and Portugal ⓘ
cityOnRiver	Peso da Régua ⓘ Covas do Douro ⓘ surface form: Pinhão Porto ⓘ Salamanca ⓘ Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal ⓘ surface form: Vila Nova de Gaia Zamora ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
drainageBasin	Douro basin ⓘ
etymology	name derived from Latin Durius ⓘ
flowsThrough	Bragança District ⓘ Castile and León ⓘ Guarda District ⓘ Porto District ⓘ Salamanca ⓘ Vila Real District ⓘ Viseu District ⓘ Zamora ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	dams ⓘ locks ⓘ
knownFor	Port wine region ⓘ terraced vineyards ⓘ
length	approximately 557 miles ⓘ approximately 897 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
majorTributary	Corgo River ⓘ Côa River ⓘ Arga River ⓘ surface form: Esla River Sabor River ⓘ surface form: Paiva River Pisuerga River ⓘ Sabor River ⓘ Sousa River ⓘ Tormes River ⓘ Tua River ⓘ Tâmega River ⓘ
mouthLocation	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Porto ⓘ Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal ⓘ surface form: Vila Nova de Gaia
sourceLocation	northern Spain ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteAlongBanks	Douro Demarcated Region ⓘ surface form: Alto Douro Wine Region
usedFor	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ river transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ
wineRegion	Douro Demarcated Region ⓘ surface form: Douro DOC Douro Demarcated Region ⓘ surface form: Port wine region

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iberian Peninsula → contains → Douro River ⓘ

Centro Region → containsRiver → Douro River ⓘ

mainland Portugal → containsRiver → Douro River ⓘ

Maria Pia Bridge → crosses → Douro River ⓘ

Ponte Dom Luís I (contribution) → crosses → Douro River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ponte Dom Luís I

Gouvinhas → locatedIn → Douro River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douro

Sabrosa → locatedIn → Douro River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douro region

Torre do Pinhão → locatedIn → Douro River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douro

Provesende, Gouvães do Douro e São Cristóvão do Douro → locatedNear → Douro River ⓘ

Sabrosa → locatedNear → Douro River ⓘ

Tordesillas → locatedOn → Douro River ⓘ

Covas do Douro → locatedOnRiver → Douro River ⓘ

Porto → locatedOnRiver → Douro River ⓘ

Comunidade Intermunicipal do Douro → namedAfter → Douro River ⓘ

Southwestern Europe → river → Douro River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Douro

Ponte Dom Luís I (contribution) → spans → Douro River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ponte Dom Luís I

Douro Demarcated Region → traversedBy → Douro River ⓘ

Vila Real District → traversedBy → Douro River ⓘ