Cega (river)

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Cega
Location
CountrySpain
Physical characteristics
SourceSierra de Guadarrama
 • locationProvince of Segovia
 • coordinates41°0′55″N 3°51′4″W / 41.01528°N 3.85111°W / 41.01528; -3.85111
MouthDouro
 • location
Province of Valladolid
 • coordinates
41°32′57″N 4°46′3″W / 41.54917°N 4.76750°W / 41.54917; -4.76750
Length133 km (83 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDouroAtlantic Ocean
River systemDouro
Tributaries 
 • leftPirón [es]

The Cega is a river in the Iberian Peninsula a left-bank tributary of the Douro.

It is born out of the confluence of the Artiñuelo and the Vueltas creeks in the Sierra de Guadarrama.[1] 133 km-long,[2] the Cega, running northwest through the province of Segovia, empties in the Douro in the province of Valladolid, having previously received the waters of the Pirón,[2] its main left-bank tributary.

References

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  1. ^ Mejías Moreno, Miguel; Pozo Tejado, Jesús del; Albacete Carreño, Lourdes; Villarroya Gil, Fermín (2016). "El agua en la Sierra de Guadarrama" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Sección geológica. (110): 76. ISSN 0583-7510.
  2. ^ a b Santiago Sáez, Jose María; García de Jalón Lastra, Diego; Alonso González, Carlos; Solana Gutiérrez, Joaquín (2013). "Comportamiento térmico de dos tramos fluviales de cabecera del Sistema Central: impacto del embalse de Torrecaballeros (Segovia)". La protección contra los riesgos hídricos. Barcelona: E.T.S.I. Montes (UPM): 154. ISBN 978-84-267-2070-2.