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Lisbon: View From The River Tagus
This is an image of the River Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal. The River Tagus runs through Lisbon to the sea and is the longest river in Portugal and Spain.
The River Tagus (Spanish: Tajo, Portuguese: Tejo) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula, stretching 1,007 km (626 miles) from eastern Spain to the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon, Portugal. It acts as a major, heavily dammed waterway for hydroelectric power and irrigation, forming part of the Spain-Portugal border in parts. t rises in the Montes Universales (Sistema Ibérico) in Spain. It then flows west through central Spain and Portugal through such cities as Toledo (Spain) and Santarém (Portugal), before forming a large estuary at its mouth in Lisbon. Tributaries include the Alagón, Alberche, Jarama, and Tiétar, in Spain, and the Zêzere and Sorraia in Portugal.