River
Pisuerga River
283 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Douro River8th longest in Spain
In numbers
Length
283km
Average flow
110m³/s
Basin
15,828km²
Drop
437m
from 1,113 m to 676 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
283 km of river and 31 stops on the way: 9 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,113 m
- 12 kmRequejada Reservoir2.1 km²
- 18 kmReservoir of Ruesga0.5 km²
- 48 kmAguilar Reservoir11 km²
- 51 kmAguilar de Campoo7,280 people
- 57 kmCamesatributary
- 117 kmValdavia Rivertributary
- 146 kmOdratributary
- 164 kmCordovilla la Real130 people
- 164 kmBridge of Cordovilla la Real
- 207 kmVenta de Baños5,918 people
- 214 kmDueñas2,605 people
- 215 kmPuente de la Unión
- 240 kmPuente de Cabezón de Pisuerga
- 241 kmCabezón de Pisuerga3,910 people
- 255 kmEsgueva Rivertributary
- 257 kmPuente Condesa Eylo
- 257 kmPuente Mayor, Valladolid
- 258 kmPuente del Poniente, Valladolid
- 258 kmValladolid city292,426 people
- 258 kmValladolid302,614 people
- 259 kmPuente del Cubo, Valladolid
- 259 kmPuente de Adolfo Suárez
- 260 kmPuente Colgante, Valladolid
- 260 kmPuente de Juan de Austria
- 261 kmFootbridge of the Science Museum (Valladolid)
- 261 kmPuente de Arturo Eyries
- 262 kmPasarela del Doctor D. Pedro Gómez Bosque
- 263 kmPuente de Hispanoamérica, Valladolid
- 268 kmArroyo de la Encomienda11,716 people
- 273 kmSimancas bridge
- 273 kmSimancas5,533 people
- 283 kmDouro Riverat 676 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 114 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 22 seconds. It drops from 1,113 m to 676 m, 1.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 15,828 km², about the size of TL. 942,000 people live in it. Highest water: from December to January; lowest: from August to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (25% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- ValladolidLargest city on its banks · 302,614 people
- Valladolid Airport (VLL)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 12 km from the cityCar hire in ValladolidDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Pisuerga River, month by month
Highest water: from December to January
Lowest water: from August to September. Best months to visit: from June to September.
From about 25 m³/s in the lowest month to 250 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
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Pisuerga River: the basin in numbers
31,179 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 942,000people live in the basin
- 30/km²people per km²
- 987maverage altitude of the basin
- 550mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 10.6°Caverage air temperature
- 5%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
- 0.9km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 24% Forest
- 48% Cropland
- 19% Pasture
- 1% 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
Pisuerga River: what you find on the way
- 51WeirsPresa de San Andrés, Presa de Villalaco and 49 more
- 28LocksEsclusa 1, Esclusa 2, Esclusa 3 and 25 more
- 6Waterfalls
- 1Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersPassenger Ferry Crossing
- 2River beachesPlaya del embalse de Aguilar, Playa de las Moreras
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Pisuerga River 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.
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
5mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Requejada Reservoirkm 102.1km²
- Reservoir of Ruesgakm 140.5km²
- Aguilar Reservoirkm 3911km²
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Mountains at the source (5)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Peña Labra8.1 km away
- Pico Tres Mares6.2 km away
- Valdecebollas2.4 km away
- Sierra Hijar7.8 km away
- Tres Mares6.1 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
Pisuerga River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Douro River
Portugal897 km680 m³/sTributaries (6)
Also: Arlanza River, Esgueva River, Odra, Camesa, Valdavia River
Nearby
Rivers nearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q14757) · 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, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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