{{short description|River in Spain}} {{refimprove|date=November 2024}} <!-- The following few lines create the "Infobox" table template. Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. --> {{Infobox river | name = Almanzora River | image = Cauce del Almanzora.jpg | image_size = 280px | image_caption = Near the source in "La Cerrá", in Alcóntar. | map = Almanzora.png | map_size = 280px | source1_location = | mouth_location = [[Mediterranean Sea]] (at [[Cuevas del Almanzora]]) | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Spain]] | progression = | length = {{convert|90|km|mi}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1972|m|ft}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | river_system = | tributaries_left = [[Rambla de Albox]] | tributaries_right = [[Albánchez Arroyo]], Bacares River, Río del Valle }}
<!-- End Infobox template table --> [[File:Hidrografia almeria.png|thumb|300px|Hydrography of the [[Almería (province)|province of Almería]]. For most of its course, the Almanzora runs almost exactly from west to east.]]
The '''Almanzora River''' ({{langx|es|Río Almanzora}}) is a river in the [[provinces of Spain|province]] of [[Almería (province)|Almería]] in [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]].<ref name="My Almeira">{{Cite web |title=The Almanzora river |url=https://myalmeria.com/en/valle-del-almanzora/info/683-the-almanzora-river |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=My Almeira}}</ref>
The Almanzora river rises on the northern slope of the [[Sierra de Los Filabres]] on the border between the provinces of Granada and Almeria. It passes through the cities of [[Seron]], [[Tíjola]], Purchena Cantoria, [[Albox]], [[Arboleas]], and [[Zurgena]], and passes near the town of [[Huercal Overa]], and through the town of [[Cuevas del Almanzora]] before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea in Punta del Rio, between [[Palomares, Almería|Palomares]] and [[Villaricos]], after a journey of {{convert|90|km|mi}}.
Sometimes, it becomes swollen as in September 2012. A previous flood occurred in October 1973.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
The Almanzora basin is bounded to the south by the Sierra de los Filabres, which rises to {{convert|2168|m|ft}}. Other highlights are the Tetica Bacares at {{convert|2080|m|ft}} and Dos Picos at {{convert|2086|m|ft}}. To the south, neighboring watersheds are those of [[Andarax (river)|Andarax River]] (via the Nacimiento River and the Rambla de Tabernas), the Rio de Aguas and Antas River.
To the west and north, it is bounded by the Sierra de las Estancias, which includes the Sierra de Lúcar at {{convert|1722|m|ft}}, the Sierra del Madroñal at {{convert|1350|m|ft}}, the Sierra de Oria at {{convert|1500|m|ft}}, and the Sierra del Saliente at {{convert|1450|m|ft}}. To the west, adjoining watersheds is that of the [[Guadalquivir]] (via the Rio de Baza and rio Guardal joining the [[Guadalquivir]] River [[Guadiana Menor]] via rio).
To the east, it is bounded by the top of Cabezo de la Jara at {{convert|1246|m|ft}}, by the Sierra de Enmedio which rises to {{convert|856|m|ft}} at Cerro del Medro, by the Sierra de la Almenara at {{convert|639|m|ft}}, and the Almagrera sierra, which rises to {{convert|367|m|ft}} at Mount Tenerife. Toward the north and east, the watershed is that of [[Segura (river)|Segura]] (via the rambla de Chirivel and rio Guadalentin).
The [[Ancient Rome|Ancient Romans]] called it the ''Surbo'', from [[Latin language|Latin]] ''flumen superbum'', "superb river", for its terrible floods. Its present name derives from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al-Mansura'' (المنصورة), "place of victory".{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|37.2387|N|1.77687|W|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}}
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:Rivers of Spain]] [[Category:Rivers of Andalusia]] [[Category:Geography of the Province of Almería]]