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Támoga River

Cospeito, Terra Chá, Lugo

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Támoga River

Nature · Cospeito, Terra Chá, Lugo

A river that rises in the Xistral mountains, at Fontemuín (Abadín), where in its initial stretch it is called Santa Baia, and flows through the flatland municipalities of Abadín and Cospeito before emptying into the Miño next to the parish of San Xiao de Támoga, on the boundary between Outeiro de Rei and Cospeito. Together with its tributary the Guisande it feeds the lagoa de Cospeito, one of Galicia's most important wetlands, and its 233 km² basin of still waters shapes the flat landscape of the municipality. It is one of three rivers that give their name to the Parga-Ladra-Támoga natural area. Its name, of pre-Roman origin, comes from an Indo-European root meaning "dark-coloured", which it shares with other river names such as the Tambre, the Tamuxe, the Támega and the English Thames.

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