Where is the River Ebro then?
It’s a question I get asked very often when I tell people where I live in Spain. Even anglers, who are normally the ones to at least have heard of it are often not sure where this major river is. Well, the easiest way to locate it is to find where it finishes! On a map of Spain find Barcelona and Valencia. About half way between you’ll see an area of land shaped a bit like an arrow-head poking out into the Mediterranean. This is the Ebro Delta where river meets sea. Follow the river up past Tortosa and you’ll come to Mora d’Ebre where we live and have our holiday apartments. Further on you’ll come to the large dams at Riba-Roja and Mequinenza. Both are popular spots for fisherman determined to bag a monster catfish – although catfish of considerable size now inhabit all the Lower Ebro.
For those of you interested in facts and figures the River Ebro is 910 kilometres long and starts in the Cantabrian mountains in the North of Spain. It flows roughly South-east and passes through Logrono, Zaragoza, Mequinenza, Mora d’Ebre, Tortosa and on into the Med. It drains a massive area and flows between the Pyrenees and the mountains of the Iberian System.
The name of the river is interesting too. The Romans named it “Iber” – leading to the naming of the “Iberian Peninsula”. Oh and by the way Ebro is the Spanish name. Here in Catalonia it is always the Ebre.
