Matarranya River

River Matarraña Valderrobres

The River Matarraña ( Catalan: Matarranya ) is a right-side tributary of the Ebro in the northeast of Spain. Its catchment area covers an area of 1250 km ².

Geography

The Matarraña rises in the mountains of Puerto de Beceite, flows through the towns of Valderrobres and Mazaleón ( province of Teruel ), in the province of Zaragoza occurs below Mazaleón, touched in this Maella and Fabara and finally Nonaspe where the Riu d' Algars flows, the in its upper reaches the border between Aragon and Catalonia forms. In its lower reaches the River Matarraña follows a railroad line. At its last stretch of the river forms the border between Aragon ( Zaragoza province ) and Catalonia ( Tarragona ). The last piece is dammed by the Pantà de Riba -Roja at the Ebro.

On tributary Pena, the reservoir " Embalse de Pena " is.

The river is a typical Mediterranean waters with strongly fluctuating water levels.

Left-sided tributaries

• Rio Pena
• Río Tastavins

Right-sided tributary

• Riu d' Algars

Fauna

The river has a rich stock of barbs, southwest European noses ( Parachondrostoma Toxostoma ) and trout, which was certainly at risk from pollution in recent years.