Tagus River On the Emblematic April 25 Bridge

The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows 1,007 km, generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.
  • Etymology: Vulgar Latin taliāre, "to cut through"
  • Country: Spain, Portugal
  • Source: Fuente de García, Montes Universales
  • Mouth: Estuary of the Tagus, Atlantic Ocean
  • Length: 1,007 km (626 mi)
  • Basin size: 80,100 km² (30,900 sq mi)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org