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Source of the Eume River

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Source of the Eume River

Nature · Muras, Terra Chá, Lugo

The Eume river is born at the confluence of the Lamoso and das Toxeiras streams, at 759 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Lomba Longa do Seixo Branco, in the Xistral mountains; its headwaters lie in the parish of A Balsa, in the municipality of Muras, although the actual source lies already in the neighbouring parish of Montouto, in Abadín. From there it runs for 80 kilometres through the lands of Lugo until, past As Pontes de García Rodríguez, it cuts into the deep valley known as the Eume canyon, partly flooded by the reservoir of the same name, before opening into a broad estuary that at low tide forms the island of As Croas. It finally flows into the ría de Ares, between Pontedeume and Cabanas, with an average flow of 19.1 m³/s.

Photo: manolo lamas (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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