Sorbe

River in Spain

Sorbe

The Sorbe near Cantalojas

Location
Country| Spain
Physical characteristics
Source| Sistema Central
• location| Galve de Sorbe
• coordinates| 41°14′5″N 3°12′14″W﻿ / ﻿41.23472°N 3.20389°W﻿ / 41.23472; -3.20389
• elevation| ~1,310 m (4,300 ft)
Mouth| Henares

• location

| Humanes

• coordinates

| 40°51′2″N 3°7′44″W﻿ / ﻿40.85056°N 3.12889°W﻿ / 40.85056; -3.12889

• elevation

| 700 m (2,300 ft)
Length| 79.5 km (49.4 mi)
Basin size| 546 km2 (211 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression| Henares→ Jarama→ Tagus→ Atlantic Ocean
River system| Tagus
Tributaries|
• right| Lillas [es], Sonsaz [es]
Tagus Basin

The Sorbe is a right-bank tributary of the Henares, located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It forms part of the Tagus river basin.

It has its source in the easternmost foothills of the Sistema Central at roughly 1,310 m above sea level,[1] formed upon the confluence of smaller streams, although it feeds downstream from right-bank tributaries born at a higher altitude, namely: the Lillas [es] and the Sonsaz [es].[2] It has a length of 79.5 km.[1] Running southwards through the Spanish province of Guadalajara,[3] it empties in the Henares at 700 m above sea level,[1] near Humanes.

It drains a basin of 546 km.2.[2]

## References

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Citations

1. ^ a b c Fernández Izquierdo, Alloza Aparicio & Moreno Díaz del Campo 2016, p. 33.
2. ^ a b Fernández Izquierdo, Alloza Aparicio & Moreno Díaz del Campo 2016, p. 34.
3. ^ Pastor Muñoz 1998, p. 7.

Bibliography

* Fernández Izquierdo, Francisco; Alloza Aparicio, Ángel; Moreno Díaz del Campo, Francisco Javier (2016). La presa de el Vado y el canal del Jarama. Fundación Canal. p. 34\. ISBN 978-84-945176-3-1. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
* Pastor Muñoz, Francisco Javier (1998). "Ocupaciones prehistóricas en el curso final del Rio Sorbe, provincia de Guadalajara, (comunidad de Castilla-La Mancha). (I)" (PDF). Wad-al-hayara (25): 7–49. ISSN 0214-7092.