Minho River

Position of the Miño

The Rio Miño (Spanish and Galician ) and Minho ( Portuguese) is a 310 km long river in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It flows through the Autonomous Community of Galicia in Spain and is in its lower reaches to 70 kilometers, the border with Portugal.

The Miño has its origin in the confluence of several rivers in the Pedregal de Irimia source in the mountains of the Serra de Meira in the province of Lugo. Its main tributaries are Sil, Neira, Barbantiño and Búbal.

Major towns and cities along the Miño are the old bishop cities and provincial capitals Lugo and Ourense and the place Tui, known is also the location of the Camino Portomarín, which had to give the Belesar reservoir and was rebuilt 50 m higher. Between the Portuguese and the Spanish Caminha A Guarda (Spanish: La Guardia ) at the foot of Santa Trega (Spanish Santa Tecla ) opens the Miño in the Atlantic.

The river was called in ancient times Minius and had the same course as today, but resulted in more water. In Valença crossed the river about six kilometers southwest of the city, a single-arched Roman bridge. The Ponte Velha of Chamozinhos.