The Cinca ( Spanish: [ˈθiŋka] ; Catalan: [ˈsiŋkə] ; Aragonese : A Cinca , IPA: [a ˈθiŋka] ) is a river in Aragon , Spain . Its source is in the Circo de Pineta, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park , in the Aragonese Pyrenees . It is a tributary to the Segre River , with its confluence at La Granja d'Escarp , not far from the point where the Segre flows into the Ebro River . The Cinca River flows through a rich agricultural region.
5-572: (Redirected from Cinca River ) Cinca can refer to: Cinca (Spain) , a river in Aragon, Spain Cinca (Romania) , a river in Timiș County, Romania [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-851: Is joined on the left side by the Ésera River , the Cinca's most important tributary. On the right side, it is joined by the Vero River , and in Monzón by the Sosa River on the left. Later, the Alcanadre pours into it on the right. Finally, in Massalcoreig , it joins the Segre to flow into the Ebro River. The presence of humans is not found in the upper stretches of the river, but only in
15-470: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinca&oldid=1176534469 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cinca (Spain) The Cinca is born in the area of Pineta and begins its descent between cascades and torrents, in
20-569: The middle stretches, although it is known from ancient accounts. The migratory villages, in the first Iron Age , used the Cinca Valley in their path to the interior; they were populated by the Ilergetes . The current name of the river comes from Cinga, because Julius Caesar in his account of the civil war, used that name. It underwent a change of name under the Moors because it came to have
25-898: The mountains of the Tres Sorores . It flows across the entire Pineta valley. In Bielsa , it joins with the Barrosa, and somewhat later the Cinqueta. Upon reaching Aínsa , it is joined on the right side by the Ara River , where the Mediano Reservoir is located. Immediately after the Mediano, after crossing the throat of the Entremón, it is again dammed at the El Grado Reservoir near El Grado . Just after this, it
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