See also:

• SEGURA (anc. Tader)

SEGURA (anc. Tader)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain about 150 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . It is formed by the confluence of three See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-streams, one of which rises on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern versant of La Sagra (7875 ft.), a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, while the other two See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring from the Sierra de See also:

• SEGURA (anc. Tader)

Segura, in See also:

• JAEN

Jaen . From the junction of these three streams below Yeste the river winds in an easterly and south-easterly direction past the towns of See also:

• CIEZA

Cieza and Archena to See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia . Thence it trends N.E. and passing See also:

• ORIHUELA

Orihuela falls into the Mediterranean 19 m . S.W. of See also:

• ALICANTE

Alicante . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributaries are the Mundo and See also:

• ARROYO (O. Sp. arrogio, Lat. arrogium, a rivulet or stream)

Arroyo del Jua on the See also:

• LEFT

left, and the See also:

• CARAVACA

Caravaca, Quipar and Sangonera on the right . It is only navigable by small sailing-vessels, even in its See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, but its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters are extensively utilized fcr See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation .