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The Sil is a river in León (Castile and León) and Galicia, Spain, a tributary of the Miño. Its total length is 225 kilometres (140 mi). The source of the Sil is in the Cantabrian Mountains in the Leonese town of Villablino. It flows through the provinces of León and Ourense. The largest city on the Sil is Ponferrada (León). The Sil flows into the Miño upstream from Ourense.

Sil
The Sil Canyon as seen from the river
Path of the Sil
Native nameRío Sil (Spanish)
Location
CountrySpain
Autonomous CommunityCastilla y Leon, Galicia
CityPonferrada
Physical characteristics
SourceVillablino
  locationLeón, Castilla y León, Spain
  coordinates43.031615°N 6.155348°W / 43.031615; -6.155348
Source confluenceOs Peares
  locationOurense, Galicia, Spain
  coordinates42.453844°N 7.729912°W / 42.453844; -7.729912
MouthMiño Estuary
  location
Atlantic Ocean, Spain
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length228 km (142 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionMinho→ Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries 
  leftBoeza, Cabrera, Bibei,
Navea, Mao
  rightCaboalles, Cúa, Selmo,
Soldón, Lor, Cabe
ReservoirsLas Rozas, Bárcena, Peñarrubia, Pumares, Santiago,
San Martiño, Sequeiros, Santo Estevo, San Pedro ou Pombeiros
Sil River
Sil River

Mouth


The river joins the Miño river in Os Peares, in the province of Ourense.

Generally, the hierarchy between rivers is performed by taking into account which junction has more volume and length. In this case, as with the Esla and Pisuerga with the Duero, the Sil has flows larger than the Miño at the junction. There is a saying that goes, "The Miño has the fame, but the Sil gives it water" (in Spanish, El Miño lleva la fama y el Sil le da el agua). The Sil river also surpasses the Miño in length by about 20 kilometres (12 mi).


Course


The Sil runs through the León districts of Babia, Laciana, El Bierzo and La Cabrera, and Ourense Valdeorras, among other locations across Villablino, Ponferrada, O Barco de Valdeorras, A Rúa, Quiroga and Ribas de Sil.


Tributaries



Gold deposits


The river has been a rich source of alluvial gold, and was most extensively exploited during the Roman period, following the conquest of north-west Spain by Augustus in 25 BC. The upper reaches of the river possessed large placer deposits, and the region around Las Médulas yielded large amounts of gold. It was extracted using hydraulic mining, involving the building of numerous aqueducts to expose and wash the alluvial formations.


Etymology


According to Pokorny and to E. Bascuas, "Sil" would belong to the old European hydronymy, derived from the Indoeuropean root *sei- 'drip, run, humid'.[1]


See also



References


  1. Cf. p. 537 of "La Hidronimia de Galicia: tres estratos ..". http://www.mondonedoferrol.org/estudios-mindonienses/MINDONIENSES%2024%20[protegido].pdf



На других языках


[de] Sil

Der Río Sil ist ein 228 km langer Nebenfluss des Miño in Nordwestspanien; er ist der größte Nebenfluss des Miño. Der Sil ist auch der wasserreichere der beiden Flüsse. Dies kommt zum Ausdruck im lokalen Ausspruch El Sil lleva el agua y el Miño la fama („Der Sil liefert das Wasser und der Miño erntet den Ruhm“).
- [en] Sil (river)

[it] Sil (fiume)

Il Sil è un fiume spagnolo situato nella comunità autonoma della Galizia.

[ru] Силь (река)

Силь (исп. Río Sil) — река на северо-западе Испании, левый приток реки Миньо. Длина — 238 км, площадь водосборного бассейна — 7982 км²[1]. Средний расход воды — 100 м³/с. Берёт начало на Кантабрийских горах на высоте 1980 метров над уровнем моря[1]. На реке расположен город Понферрада.



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