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Lea River

Nature · Pol, Meira, Lugo

The Lea river rises near the place of Laga, in the south of the municipality of Pol (Lugo), to which it gives its name by crossing its parish of Lea, and after running through it passes into the municipality of Castro de Rey, where it flows into the Miño, in the hamlet of Beloi, after a course of 23.5 kilometres. It is a lowland river, of oceanic pluvial regime, which can overflow in extraordinary rains; its main tributaries are the río de Guimarás and the rego dos Corvos. Its name may go back to a Germanic personal name, unrelated to the river of the same name in the Basque Country. Its open valley, with deep soils, explains the density of hamlets and dairy farms that characterises this Lugo concello.

Photo: Estevoaei (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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