The Cinca (Spanish: [ˈθiŋka]; Catalan: [ˈsiŋkə]; Aragonese: A Cinca, Aragonese pronunciation: [a ˈθiŋka]) is a river in Aragon, Spain. Its source is in the Circo de Pineta, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, in the Aragonese Pyrenees. It is a tributary to the Segre River, with its confluence at La Granja d'Escarp, not far from the point where the Segre flows into the Ebro River. The Cinca River flows through a rich agricultural region.
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Cinca (Spain) in the context of Isábena (river)
The Isábena is the principal tributary of the river Ésera, itself a tributary of the Cinca, which flows into the Ebro and thence to the Mediterranean Sea. Its head is 2,400 metres above sea level at a place called Es Sebollés, between the peaks Gallinero and Cibollés in the Pyrenees of High Aragon. Its valley lies primarily in the comarca of Ribagorza.
The Isábena flows between the massive El Turbón mountain and the Mountains of Sis range.
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The Ésera (Spanish: [ˈeseɾa]) is a tributary of the Cinca in the High Aragon. It is part of the valley of the Ebro and its drainage basin. Its etymology is Celtic and it is cognate with several European rivers: Isar, Jizera, Isère, Isel, IJssel, and Eisack.
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