Cenia (river)

The Cenia River (Spanish: Río Cenia, Catalan: Riu de la Sénia) is a river in the provinces of Castellón and Tarragona, Spain It begins its course at 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) in the Barranc del Salt, Ports de Beseit limestone massif near La Pobla de Benifassà.

Cenia River
Upper course of the Sénia River in the Ports de Beseit
Location
CountrySpain
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBarranc del Salt, Ports de Beseit
 • elevation1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Sol de Riu, Mediterranean Sea
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length49 km (30 mi)
Basin size197.7 km2 (76.3 sq mi)

The Cenia River flows from west to east marking the historical limits between Catalonia (Montsià) and the Valencian Community (Baix Maestrat). It ends its course in the Mediterranean Sea at Sòl de Riu.,[1] between Vinaròs and Alcanar municipalities. Its flow is highly irregular. Some years its riverbed remains dry during the whole stretch of its lower course.

The Ulldecona Dam is a dam built across three tributaries of the Sénia river in the Tinença de Benifassà area. With a surface of 116 hectares (290 acres) and a capacity of 11 cubic hectometres (8,900 acre⋅ft), its reservoir is very important for the irrigation of fields of the region.

Tributaries
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See also

References
  1. "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. Retrieved 9 September 2010.


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