RÃas Baixas
Rías Baixas ( Galician: Lower Rias, Spanish Rías Bajas ) is the collective name for four narrow, deep into the country reaching bays in the southwest of the Spanish Autonomous Region of Galicia, which have emerged from flooded river valleys. The Rías Baixas range from Cape Finisterre ( galic. Cabo Fisterra ) to the Portuguese border. In contrast to the Rías Altas ( Galician: Upper Rias ) in northern Galicia have the bays of the Rías Baixas coast flatter gradients and lower bay depths. The Rías Baixas are suitable due to their natural characteristics to a high degree for docks and the rearing of mussels on characteristic wooden rafts, of which there are in the Rías Baixas about 3,300.
The Rías Baixas consist of the north and south of the Ría de Muros, the Arousa, the Ría de Pontevedra and Ría de Vigo. The largest estuary, is the Arousa. This has a length of 37 km and a maximum depth of 69 m.
Major cities in the course of Rías Baixas are Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra and Vigo.
Rías Baixas is also the name of a Spanish wine region in this part of Galicia, the typical wine of this region is the Albariño.