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Tagus

The Tagus ( TAY-g??s; Spanish: Tajo [??taxo] ; Portuguese: Tejo [??t????u]) 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 (626 mi), generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon. Name The river's Latin name is Tagus. While the etymology is unclear, the most probable etymological origin for the hydronym Tagus is Indo-European *(s)tag- ('to drip'). Geography Source The Tagus River originates at an elevation of 1,593 meters above sea level in a place known as Fuente Garc??a, within the municipality of Fr??as de Albarrac??n in Teruel, Spain. Its source...

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