RÃa de Arousa
Arousa in the province of Pontevedra
The Arousa [ ria de aɾousa ] ( gal " estuary of Arousa ", Spanish Ría de Arosa ) is the largest estuary, a narrow, deep inland encroaching sea bay in Spain. It is one of the four Rías Baixas in Galicia which lies between the northern Ría de Muros and the southern Ría de Pontevedra. Limited is the Arousa of the peninsulas Barbanza ( province of A Coruña) and Salnes (Pontevedra ).
The Arousa includes numerous large and small islands, including the Arousa, E Toxa, Sálvora in the mouth and the Cortegada at the head end; known primarily A Toxa with her bathing and several 3 - and 4 -star hotels. The largest rivers that flow into the Arousa, are at the head of the Ulla and Umia which forms the side with the coast of Cambados the O Grove peninsula. The main bank settlements are Ribeira, Poboa do Caramiñal, Boiro and Rianxo in the north, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Vilanova de Arousa, Cambados and O Grove to the south and Arousa on the homonymous island.
The northern side of the estuary, which belongs to the province of A Coruña is steep and rugged and is adjacent to the coast to the mountains of Barbanza. The beach drops steeply into the sea, forming the inner recesses sandbanks.
The south side, which belongs to the province of Pontevedra, is the mouth of the Umia alluvium. The coast is shallow, with extensive sandbanks on which clams such as cockles are bred. The best known are the sandbanks of the river delta of the Sarrido Umia and Os Lombos do Ulla on the delta of Ulla.