Júcar

{{short description|River in Spain}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=September 2024}} {{More footnotes|date=September 2024}} {{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|Júcar|date=February 2026}} }} {{Infobox river | name = Júcar | name_other = {{native name|es|Júcar}}<br />{{native name|ca-valencia|Xúquer}} | name_etymology = | image = Cubas. Paisaje. Wiki takes La Manchuela 15.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = View of the Júcar as it passes near Cubas | map = | map_size = | map_caption = Path of the Tagus through the Iberian Peninsula | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Spain | source1 = Ojuelos de Valdeminguete, Montes Universales | source1_location = Tragacete, Spain | source1_coordinates= {{Coord|40.399140|-1.844289|format=dms|display=i}} | source1_elevation =  | mouth = Gulf of Valencia, Mediterranean Sea | mouth_location = Cullera, Spain | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|39.151345|-0.238623|format=dms|display=i}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}} | length_km = 509 | discharge1_avg =  | basin_size =  | tributaries_left = Cabriel, Magro | tributaries_right = Albaida | waterbodies = Cortes-La Muela Reservoir | mapframe-zoom = 5 }} The '''Júcar''' ({{IPA|es|ˈxukaɾ|lang|Pronunciation of Júcar in Spanish.ogg}}) or '''Xúquer''' ({{IPA|ca-valencia|ˈʃukeɾ|lang}}) is a river in Spain, on the Iberian Peninsula. The river runs for approximately {{convert|509|km}}.

Its source is located at Ojuelos de Valdeminguete, in the municipality of Tragacete, province of Cuenca,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Régimenes natural y artificial del río Júcar|first=Antonio|last=Gil Olcina|doi=10.14198/INGEO2006.40.01|location=San Vicente del Raspeig|publisher=Universidad de Alicante|url=https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/3251/3/IG_40_01.pdf|page=7|journal=Investigaciones Geográficas|issue=40|year=2006|issn=0213-4691}}</ref> on the eastern flank of the Montes Universales in the Sistema Ibérico. Its tributaries include the Cabriel, the Magro, and the Albaida.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.chj.es/es-es/ciudadano/publicaciones/Captulos/La%20presa%20de%20Tous/02_Capitulo_01.pdf|title=Vida e historia en torno al Júcar|page=26; 36|publisher=Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar}}</ref>

The Júcar River flows first southward and then eastward through the towns of Cuenca, Alcalá del Júcar, Cofrentes, Alzira, Sueca, Alarcón and Cullera, a town located near its mouth into the Gulf of Valencia in the Mediterranean Sea. It crosses the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia. On the mid-course of the river, it is impounded by the Cortes-La Muela Reservoir near Cortes de Pallás.

In 1982, the river Júcar broke the Tous Dam, causing the biggest flood in Spanish history, with a flow speed of {{convert|16,000|m3/s}}, killing more than 30 people. This flood was the most important one in the whole history of Spain because, at that time, the people had thought that the Tous Dam was indestructible. The flood was called ''La pantanada de Tous'' (which, in English, would translate something like: ''The Swamp'' ''of Tous'').

== See also == * List of rivers of Spain * Rambla del Poyo

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== External links == {{Commons category|Júcar River}} * [http://www.chj.es Confederació Hidrogràfica del Xúquer] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919030833/http://www.xarxadelaiguaclara.org/ Plataforma Xúquer Viu] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100916060113/http://www.limne.org/Limne/index.php/ca/projectes/projecte-rius/resultats2009 Projecte de seguiment de la qualitat del Xúquer] {{Authority control}} {{Coord|39|10|22.28|N|0|17|41.07|W|source:cawiki_region:ES-VC_type:river|display=title}}

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