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  Caption Watershed of the Ebro
  Origin Pico de los Tres Mares, Cantabria , Spain
  Mouth Mediterranean Sea
  Basin Countries Spain
  Length 910 km (565 mi)
  Elevation 1,980 m
  Discharge 426 m&sup3/s (15,046 ft&sup3/s)
  Watershed 80,093 km&sup2 (30,924 mi&sup2)


The Ebro ('s most voluminous and second longest River . It starts at Fontibre (province of Cantabria ), passes at Miranda De Ebro , Logroño , Zaragoza , Flix , Tortosa , and Amposta , and ends with a Delta in the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Tarragona .

The Zebra Mussel is an Invasive Species that is extending upstream in Ebro waters.


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The Latin name may be related to that of Iberia and then, pre-Roman Iberians (and Celtiberian s).
It is based on the Basque word ''ibar'' which means 'valley'.

The valley of this river is the setting for the Short Story '' Hills Like White Elephants '' by Ernest Hemingway .


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