See also:

• TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)  , the longest See also:

• RIVER

river of the Iberian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula . Its length is 565 m., of which 192 are on or within the frontier of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and the See also:

• AREA

area of its See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin is about 31,850 sq . M . The basin is comparatively narrow, and the See also:

• TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

Tagus, like the other See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of the Iberian tableland, generallyflows in a rather confined valley, often at the bottom of a rocky See also:

• GORGE

gorge below the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general level of the adjacent See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The river rises on the western slope of the Muela de See also:

• SAN

San Juan (5225 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 which forms See also:

• PART

part of the Sierra de Albarracin, 88 m . E. of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . Thence the Tagus flows at first See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-westwards, but, after receiving the Gallo on the right, it flows See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and then See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west or west-south-west, which is its general direction for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of its course . See also:

• REGULAR

Regular river See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation begins only at See also:

• ABRANTES

Abrantes, a few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles below which the Tagus is greatly widened by receiving on its right See also:

• BANK

bank the impetuous Zezere from the Serra da Estrella . Passing See also:

• SANTAREM

Santarem, the highest point to which the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide ascends, and the limit of navigation for large sailing vessels and steamers, the river divides below Salvaterra into two arms, called the Tejo Novo (the only one practicable for See also:

• SHIPS

ships) and the See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

Mar de Pedro . These branches enclose a deltaic formation, a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of marshy See also:

• ALLUVIUM

alluvium known as the Lezirias, traversed by several See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor channels . Both branches terminate in a broad tidal See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake immediately above See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon (q.v.) . The Tagus See also:

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

estuary, though partly blocked by a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, is one of the See also:

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

chief harbours of south-western See also:

• EUROPE

Europe .

The narrower part of the Tagus basin lies to the south, and the See also:

• LEFT

left-See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand tributaries which drain it are almost all See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• BROOKS, CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY (1816-1874)
• BROOKS, PHILLIPS (1835-1893)

brooks, dry in summer . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal exception is the Zatas or Sorraia, which, rising in the Serra d'See also:

• OSSA (mod. Kissovo or Kissavo)

Ossa, flows westwards across the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of See also:

• ALEMTEJO (i.e. " Beyond the Tagus ")

Alemtejo, and joins the Mar de Pedro . The principal right-hand tributaries, besides the Gallo and Zezere, are the Jarama, descending from the tableland of New See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile a little below See also:

• ARANJUEZ (perhaps the ancient Ara Jovis)

Aranjuez, the Alberche and the Tietar, which collect their 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 See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters from opposite sides of the Sierra de Gredos, and the Alagon, from the rough and broken country between the Sierras de Gredos and Gata .