A non-navigable river, the Besòs was nonetheless a link between the Catalan coast and the interior. In the 10th century, the Rec Comtal was built to use the river for irrigation.
In 1962, the river along with Llobregrat river overflowed causing a flood in many areas of the Vallés Occidental and to a less extent in Vallés Oriental and Barcelonés. The flood caused many deaths (617 according to the official death toll and up to 1000 according to some estimates) and material damage.
As it passes through a highly industrialized area (Barcelona metropolitan region), it had the dubious honor of being the most contaminated river in Europe during the 1970s and 1980s. Since the mid-1990s, however, the river has been in the process of recovery.
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besòs, river, besòs, catalan, pronunciation, bəˈzɔs, spanish, besós, river, flowing, through, catalonia, spain, formed, confluence, mogent, congost, rivers, ends, mediterranean, full, watershed, includes, following, cities, aiguafreda, garriga, sant, fost, cam. The Besos Catalan pronunciation beˈzɔs Spanish Besos is a river flowing through Catalonia Spain formed by the confluence of the Mogent and Congost rivers 1 It ends in the Mediterranean Its full watershed includes the following cities Aiguafreda La Garriga Sant Fost de Campsantelles Canovelles Granollers Montmelo Mollet del Valles Montcada i Reixac Santa Coloma de Gramenet Barcelona and Sant Adria de Besos Due to its Mediterranean climate the river can have extreme discrepancies in flow depending on the weather BesosLocationCountrySpainPhysical characteristicsMouth locationMediterranean Sea coordinates41 27 29 N 2 11 39 E 41 45806 N 2 19417 E 41 45806 2 19417 elevation0 m 0 ft Length17 7 km 11 0 mi Basin size1 039 km2 401 sq mi Discharge average4 33 m3 s 153 cu ft s Contents 1 Tributaries 2 History 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 ReferencesTributaries editThe Besos river has five main tributaries 2 Congost River Ripoll River Mogent River Tenes River de Caldes streamHistory editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Besos river news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message A non navigable river the Besos was nonetheless a link between the Catalan coast and the interior In the 10th century the Rec Comtal was built to use the river for irrigation In 1962 the river along with Llobregrat river overflowed causing a flood in many areas of the Valles Occidental and to a less extent in Valles Oriental and Barcelones The flood caused many deaths 617 according to the official death toll and up to 1000 according to some estimates and material damage As it passes through a highly industrialized area Barcelona metropolitan region it had the dubious honor of being the most contaminated river in Europe during the 1970s and 1980s Since the mid 1990s however the river has been in the process of recovery The Forum Universal de les Cultures which took place in Barcelona during 2004 allowed the creation of a recreation area called Parc Fluvial del Besos between the cities of Barcelona Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adria del Besos Gallery edit nbsp View from Sant Adria de Besos to the mountains nbsp View from Sant Adria de Besos to the sea nbsp The river mouthSee also editList of rivers of Spain LlobregatReferences edit Besos River Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 13 April 2016 La Conca del Besos Consorci per a la Defensa de la Conca del riu Besos Archived from the original on 26 April 2016 Retrieved 13 April 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Besos river amp oldid 1173800267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
