River
Júcar
509 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Mediterranean Sea3rd longest in Spain
In numbers
Length
509km
Average flow
49m³/s
Basin
42,756km²
Drop
1,218m
from 1,218 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
509 km of river and 36 stops on the way: 11 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,218 m
- 25 kmPantano de La Toba0.6 km²
- 72 kmCuenca53,600 people
- 73 kmPuente de San Antón
- 81 kmMoscas Rivertributary
- 133 kmAltarejos Rivertributary
- 155 kmGritos Rivertributary
- 173 kmEmbalse de Alarcón24 km²
- 178 kmPuente de Tébar
- 236 kmLa Gineta Viaduct
- 278 kmValdemembra Rivertributary
- 310 kmArroyo de Abengibretributary
- 384 kmCortes-La Muela Reservoir1.0 km²
- 430 kmTous Reservoir3.3 km²
- 436 kmSumacàrcer1,013 people
- 441 kmAcequia Real del Júcar
- 446 kmEscalona Rivertributary
- 446 kmSellent Rivertributary
- 449 kmIron Bridge between Gavarda and Beneixida
- 453 kmVillanueva de Castellón7,095 people
- 457 kmAlberic11,175 people
- 467 kmCarcaixent21,934 people
- 470 kmPont de ferro sobre el Xúquer a Alzira
- 470 kmAlzira48,236 people
- 474 kmMagro Rivertributary
- 474 kmAlgemesí27,285 people
- 480 kmPont de ferro (Albalat)
- 480 kmAlbalat de la Ribera3,523 people
- 481 kmPolinyà de Xúquer2,577 people
- 486 kmEls Canos
- 487 kmAssut de Sueca
- 488 kmRiola Bridge
- 489 kmSueca29,194 people
- 490 kmAlfonso XIII Bridge
- 491 kmAssut de Cullera
- 501 kmIron Bridge in Cullera
- 502 kmCullera24,702 people
- 509 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 Spain
At the mouth it carries 49 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 51 seconds. It drops from 1,218 m to 0 m, 2.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 42,756 km², about the size of DK. 851,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to December; lowest: from August to September. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 163% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- CuencaLargest city on its banks · 53,600 people
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 131 km from the cityCar hire at MAD airport (Madrid)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water5 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Júcar, month by month
Highest water: from November to December
Lowest water: from August to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 9.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 130 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
Júcar: the basin in numbers
21,430 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 851,000people live in the basin
- 40/km²people per km²
- 818maverage altitude of the basin
- 463mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 13.1°Caverage air temperature
- 6%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
- 2.6km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 18% Forest
- 44% Cropland
- 6% Pasture
- 2% 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
Júcar: what you find on the way
- 53WeirsPresa de las Grajas, Presa de Bolinches, Assut de l'Escalona and 50 more
- 1Locks
- 11WaterfallsCascada, Chorrador de Otonel, Salto del Monstruo and 8 more
- 2Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersEmbarcador Xúquer-Cofrents (Embarcadero Júcar-Cofrentes)
- 2Marinas
- 8River beacheszona de baño el Chantre, playa artificial, Playa Manchamar and 5 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Júcar 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.
4lakes on its wayLakeyas
12beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
3mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Pantano de La Tobakm 210.6km²
- Embalse de Alarcónkm 14124km²
- Cortes-La Muela Reservoirkm 3121.0km²
- Tous Reservoirkm 3493.3km²
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Beaches (12)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Playa de Venecia20 km away26.0°C
- Platja de Miramar24 km away26.0°C
- Playa de Bellreguart24 km away26.0°C
- Playa de Jeresa14 km away26.0°C
- Playa Can de Gandia18 km away26.0°C
- Playa Olivos3.1 km away26.0°C
- Playa Medio2.9 km away26.0°C
- Playa Xerako13 km away26.0°C
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Mountains at the source (3)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- cerro San Felipe1.7 km away1,839m
- Cerro de San Felipe1.9 km away
- Cerro del Pozo de la Yegua14 km away
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
Júcar in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (15)
Also: Cabriel, Magro River, Huécar, Albaida River, Valdemembra River, Lezuza River, Arroyo de Abengibre, Escalona River, Sellent River, Gritos River, Moscas River, Altarejos River, Sot River, Ojos River, Chillarón River
Nearby
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q14311) · 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 | Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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