The River Tagus

2. The mouth of the River Tagus is in Lisbon the capital of Portugal. It’s mouth is a
large estuary forming the best harbour in Europe, on which the port city of Lisbon is
situated. The Tagus pours out into the Atlantic Ocean.

3. All the major tributaries enter the Tagus from the (north) bank. They are the Guadiela,
Algodor, Gevalo, Ibor, Almonte, Salor, Sever, Sorraia, Jarama, , Guadarrama,
Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, Zezere. The source of the Tagus is in Fuente de Garcia, in
the Albarracin mountains in Portugal.

4. The countries of the Tagus are Spain and Portugal. The cities the Tagus flows through are
Aranjuez, Toledo, Talavera de la Reina and Alcantara in Spain, and Abrantes, Santarem,
Almada and Lisbon in Portugal.

5. Portugal is one of Europe’s finest bird watching
destinations, and the River Tagus International River
Park is one of the premier areas in the country. In the
estuary of the River Tagus alone, you can see up to 100
bird species a day. It’s also common to see some
golden eagle’s here. You can also see a wide variety of
vulture’s, you can see the griffon vulture, black vulture
and Egyptian vulture.

6. There are quite a lot of activities on the Tagus which
include cycling, walking, Fishing and boat rides
which also gives you interesting ways to view the
bird’s and wildlife.

7. The length of the Tagus is 1038 km in length, 716
km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between
Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in
Portugal.