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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

The sinuous Júcar is a green snake of a river, flanked by forest, river beaches and allotments: the latter a patchwork of fruit trees, almonds, olives and neat rows of lettuce.

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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