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Júcar

American  
[hoo-kahr] / ˈhu kɑr /

noun

  1. a river in E Spain, flowing S to the Mediterranean Sea near Valencia. About 316 miles (509 km) long.


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He pointed the finger at Spain's Aemet weather agency as well as the independent Júcar authority that looks after the river basin and water resources.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2024

In the morning, we follow the Júcar to Tolosa, a tiny hamlet 6km to the east, where the river widens and the vertical gorge is green with aromatic forests of juniper and pine.

From The Guardian Aug. 17, 2019

In La Manchuela, in central Spain, Alcalá is one of a string of villages in the Júcar canyon, a spectacular limestone gorge running for some 40km through the province of Albacete.

From The Guardian Aug. 17, 2019

The busy exceptions are a network of medieval towns crowned by 12th-century Moorish castles, set on the banks of the Júcar River, which carved wondrous canyons through limestone hills.

From New York Times Jun. 21, 2018

Don't you know doña Pepa, 'the doctor's woman,' they call her—a little lady who has an orchard close by the river and lives in the Blue House, that's always under water when the Júcar floods?

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Isaac Goldberg

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