The major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula!

Hello, now we know more about our major rivers of Portugal.

Rio Minho - in Spanish and Galician Miño is an international river which rises to an altitude of 750 m in the Sierra de Meira, in the autonomous community of Galicia and travels about 300 miles to empty into the Atlantic Ocean south of the locality of the Guard and north Walk. In the last 75 kilometers of the journey, between the mouth and Melgaço, Minho serves as the border between Spain and Portugal.

The Minho river was called Minius or Baenis by ancient historians.

Minho


Location of the Rio Minho
length
300 km
source
Sierra de Meira, Galicia
Altitude of the nascent
750 m
mouth
Atlantic
Country (ies)
Spain, Portugal

Douro River - a river that is born in Spain in the province of Soria, the peaks of the Sierra de Urbião (Sierra de Urbion), to 2.080 meters high and spans the north of Portugal. The mouth of the Douro is near the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. It has 927 km long. This is the third longest river of the Iberian Peninsula.

Popular for the origin of its name are several versions. One says that comes from the Celtic dur (water). Another says that the steep slopes, river bathing dry and inhospitable shores. Rolled in it, other times, brilliant rhinestones that are found to be gold. Hence the name given to this river: Douro (the + gold).