River
Turia
280 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Mediterranean Sea9th longest in Spain
In numbers
Length
280km
Average flow
10m³/s
Basin
6,850km²
Drop
1,255m
from 1,254 m to -1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
280 km of river and 31 stops on the way: 15 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmGuadalaviarat 1,254 m
- 55 kmArquillo de San Blas reservoir0.7 km²
- 65 kmAlfambratributary
- 65 kmTeruel36,240 people
- 100 kmAzud de la Acequia Madre de Torrealta
- 102 kmAzud de la Masada
- 104 kmEva Rivertributary
- 107 kmPuente de Guerrero
- 111 kmEbróntributary
- 112 kmBohílguestributary
- 167 kmEmbalse de Benagéber3.9 km²
- 197 kmLoriguilla Reservoir1.0 km²
- 240 kmVilamarxant6,730 people
- 247 kmRibarroja del Turia21,992 people
- 249 kmL'Eliana18,050 people
- 257 kmAssut de la Séquia de Quart-Benàger-Faitanar
- 261 kmAssut de la Séquia de Tormos
- 262 kmAssut de la Séquia de Mislata
- 262 kmAssut de la Séquia de Mestalla
- 262 kmManises30,508 people
- 262 kmPaterna64,023 people
- 265 kmQuart de Poblet25,499 people
- 265 kmAssut, Comportes i Almenara de la Sèquia de Rascanya
- 267 kmMislata46,131 people
- 268 kmLa Luz (Valencia)5,044 people
- 268 kmXirivella30,002 people
- 270 kmValencia840,792 people
- 272 kmPaiporta23,519 people
- 272 kmBenetússer15,313 people
- 274 kmSedaví8,778 people
- 275 kmAlfafar20,853 people
- 278 kmPont de les Drassanes
- 280 kmMediterranean Seaat -1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
Spanish river
At the mouth it carries 10 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 243 seconds. It drops from 1,254 m to -1 m, 4.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 6,850 km², about the size of PS. 824,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to December; lowest: August. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 97% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- ValenciaLargest city on its banks · 840,792 people
- Valencia Airport (VLC)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 9 km from the cityCar hire at VLC airport (Valencia)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water6 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Turia, month by month
Highest water: from November to December
Lowest water: August. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 1.4 m³/s in the lowest month to 28 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
Turia: the basin in numbers
6,674 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 824,000people live in the basin
- 124/km²people per km²
- 967maverage altitude of the basin
- 496mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 11.6°Caverage air temperature
- 5%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
- 0.3km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 23% Forest
- 29% Cropland
- 15% Pasture
- 5% 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
Turia: what you find on the way
- 29WeirsPresa de Aforo, Presa Molina, Presa de Pedralba and 26 more
- 10WaterfallsSalto del Conejo, Cascada de Bercolón, Cascada de Domeño and 7 more
- 4Boat ramps
- 2MarinasReal Club Náutico de Valencia, Valencia Mar
- 3River beachesPlaya El Motor, Playa Fluvial de Bugarra, Platja de Pinedo
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Turia 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
6beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Arquillo de San Blas reservoirkm 460.7km²
- Embalse de Benagéberkm 1413.9km²
- Loriguilla Reservoirkm 1671.0km²
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Beaches (6)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Playa La Malvarrosa5.7 km away26.1°C
- Playa de Nazaret2.1 km away26.1°C
- Las Arenas beach4.6 km away26.1°C
- Playa de Pinedokm 23626.1°C
- Playa Massalfassar15 km away26.2°C
- Platja del Saler4.1 km away26.1°C
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Sierra de Camarena15 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.
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (5)
Also: Alfambra, Ebrón, Camarena, Eva River, Bohílgues
Nearby
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q20118) · 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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