# Órbigo

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/%C3%93rbigo
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/%C3%93rbigo.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93rbigo
> Source revision: 1332726362
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

The **Órbigo River** is a river in the provinces of [León](/source/Province_of_Le%C3%B3n) and [Zamora](/source/Province_of_Zamora), [Spain](/source/Spain). It begins at the convergence of the [Luna River](/source/Luna_River_(Spain)) and the [Omaña River](/source/Oma%C3%B1a_River) in the village of [Secarejo](/source/Secarejo), in the [Cimanes del Tejar](/source/Cimanes_del_Tejar) municipality. Decades ago, that confluence was some km. before, in the town of [Santiago del Molinillo](/source/Santiago_del_Molinillo). It flows from north to south through the province of León and ultimately flows into the [Esla River](/source/Esla_River) below [Benavente](/source/Benavente,_Zamora).

How the river came to have this name is not known. According to the linguist [E. Bascuas](/source/Edelmiro_Bascuas), the toponym Órbigo, would come from a [Paleo-European](/source/Paleo-European_languages) hydronymic theme *urw-, derived from the [Indo-European](/source/Proto-Indo-European_language) root *er- 'flow, move', with a hydronymic meaning. The first mention is from [Hydatius](/source/Hydatius) "Ad fluvium nomine Urbicum".[1] The name could also have Basque roots, from the words "Ur" (water) and "Bi" (two). There exists a theory that the river now called the Luna should be the real start of the Órbigo. Although it was the same river, in the times of the Conde Luna, it was ordered to change that name of the river so that the part in the county would have its name.

## Tributaries

- [Duerna](/source/Duerna)
- [Tuerto](/source/Tuerto_(river))
- [Jamuz](/source/Jamuz)
- [Eria](/source/Eria_(river))
- Special tributary: [Presa Cerrajera](/source/Presa_Cerrajera), which splits from the Órbigo and later flows into it again

## See also

- [List of rivers of Spain](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Spain)

## References

1. Edelmiro Bascuas, *Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia* (pág. 114)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Órbigo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93rbigo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93rbigo?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.