Stream
Besòs
18 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Mediterranean Sea
In numbers
Length
18km
Average flow
4.3m³/s
Basin
1,038km²
Drop
63m
from 63 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
18 km of river and 48 stops on the way: 29 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmBesòs river originat 63 m
- 0 kmMontornès del Vallès15,509 people
- 0 kmCongost Rivertributary
- 0 kmMogenttributary
- 0 kmPont de Montmeló
- 0 kmMontmeló8,886 people
- 0 kmPont Vell
- 2 kmTenes rivertributary
- 3 kmMollet del Vallès52,990 people
- 3 kmMartorelles4,992 people
- 5 kmLa Llagosta13,280 people
- 6 kmSant Fost de Campsentelles9,419 people
- 9 kmMontcada i Reixac37,460 people
- 9 kmPont de la Roca
- 11 kmVallbona1,348 people
- 12 kmCiutat Meridiana10,349 people
- 12 kmTorre Baró2,719 people
- 12 kmles Roquetes15,633 people
- 12 kmNou Barris179,590 people
- 12 kmla Prosperitat26,166 people
- 12 kmla Trinitat Nova7,469 people
- 12 kmla Trinitat Vella10,253 people
- 13 kmPont de Can Zam
- 13 kmPont de Santa Coloma
- 13 kmSanta Coloma de Gramenet123,981 people
- 14 kmBaró de Viver2,541 people
- 14 kmSant Andreu149,826 people
- 14 kmBarri de Sant Andreu56,818 people
- 14 kmPont de Can Peixauet
- 15 kmLlefià43,827 people
- 15 kmel Bon Pastor12,766 people
- 15 kmPassarel·la del Molinet
- 15 kmPont del Molinet
- 16 kmpont dels Passadors
- 16 kmSant Martí de Provençals26,169 people
- 16 kmla Verneda i la Pau29,250 people
- 16 kmSant Adrià de Besòs39,323 people
- 16 kmSant Martí235,719 people
- 16 kmPonts de la C-31 sobre el Besòs
- 16 kmBarcelona1,731,649 people
- 16 kmPont de l'Avinguda de les Corts Catalanes
- 17 kmPont de Cristòfol de Moura
- 17 kmLa Mina10,930 people
- 17 kmel Besòs i el Maresme23,254 people
- 17 kmDiagonal Mar13,448 people
- 17 kmpont del Ferrocarril
- 17 kmpont de l'avinguda d'Eduard Maristany
- 18 kmriera de Caldestributary
- 18 kmRipolltributary
- 18 kmMediterranean Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Catalunya
At the mouth it carries 4.3 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 577 seconds. It drops from 63 m to 0 m, 3.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,038 km², about the size of HK. 1.5 million people live in it. Highest water: from October to November; lowest: from July to August. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- BarcelonaLargest city on its banks · 1,731,649 people
- Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 13 km from the cityCar hire at BCN airport (Barcelona)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water4 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From April to AugustThe best months to visit
Besòs, month by month
Highest water: from October to November
Lowest water: from July to August. Best months to visit: from April to August.
From about 2.8 m³/s in the lowest month to 18 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Besòs: the basin in numbers
1,031 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.5millionpeople live in the basin
- 1,446/km²people per km²
- 378maverage altitude of the basin
- 694mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 14.5°Caverage air temperature
- 28%protected areas
What covers the basin
- 60% Forest
- 13% Cropland
- 2% Pasture
- 39% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Besòs: what you find on the way
- 10Weirs
- 2Boat ramps
- 2MarinasPort Fòrum Sant Adrià, Port de Badalona
- 1River beachesPlatja de La Marina
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.2 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Besòs in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
20beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
120mountains at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (20)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Platja de la Barceloneta5.8 km away25.3°C
- Platja del Besòskm 1825.3°C
- Platja de Badalona2.1 km away25.3°C
- Platja de Sant Miquel6.8 km away25.3°C
- Platja de Montgat6.1 km away25.3°C
- Playa del Callao22 km away24.9°C
- Playa del Varador22 km away24.9°C
- Playa de Ponent21 km away25.3°C
12 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (120)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Castell de Montbui14 km away543m
- Turó de Céllecs7.4 km away536m
- Turó Rodó7.4 km away530m
- Sant Mateu7.2 km away499m
- Turó de Lledó6.9 km away498m
- Turó d'en Galceran4.8 km away484m
- Turó de Mataró7.4 km away504m
- La Coscollada6.3 km away466m
112 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Maians5.8 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Besòs in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (8)
Also: Ripoll, Congost River, Mogent, riera de Caldes, Tenes river, torrent de Reixac, torrent de Vallençana, torrent del Cargol
Nearby
Rivers nearby
FranceWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q765483) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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