JUCAR  , a

river of eastern Spain . It rises in the north of the province of Cuenca, at the foot of the Cerro de San Felipe (5906 ft.), and flows south past Cuenca to the borders of Albacete; here it bends towards the east, and maintains this direction for the greater part of its remaining course . On the right it is connected with the city of Albacete by the Maria Cristina canal . After entering Valencia, it receives on the left its chief tributary the Cabriel, which also rises near the Cerro de San Felipe, in the Montes Universales . Near Alcira the Jflcar turns south-east-ward, and then sharply north, curving again to the south-east before it enters the Mediterranean Sea at Cullera, after a total course of 314 M . Its estuary forms the harbour of Cullera, and its lower waters are freely utilized for purposes of irrigation .