Almanzora (river)

Río Almanzora
Near the mouth of the Almanzora, on a lake formed by a dam.
Mouth	Mediterranean Sea (at Cuevas del Almanzora)
Basin countries	Spain
Length	90 kilometres (56 mi)
Source elevation	1,900 metres (6,200 ft)
Mouth elevation	0 metres (0 ft)
Left tributaries	Rambla de Albox
Right tributaries	Albánchez Arroyo, Bacares River, Río del Valle

Rivers of Andalucia. The Almazora is the easternmost (rightmost) river shown.

Hydrography of the province of Almería. For most of its course, the Almanzora runs almost exactly from west to east.

The Almanzora River or River Almanzora (Spanish: Río Almanzora) is a river in the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain. It is roughly 90 kilometres (56 mi) in length. For millennia, it has provided a route between the Mediterranean Sea and the interior of Andalusia.

The Ancient Romans called it the Surbo, from Latin flumen superbum, "superb river", for its terrible floods. Its present name derives from the Arabic al-Mansura (المنصورة), "place of victory".

The sometimes destructive floods of the Almanzora have continued into modern times, with the most recent being October 1973.

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-12-27 of the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.