Editing Province of Zamora (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Catedral de Zamora Es retouched.jpg|180px|thumb|right|River Duero and old city of Zamora]]
[[File:Lago de Sanabria. Zamora.jpg|180px|thumb|right|The Sanabria Lake]]
[[File:Toro-PM 17771.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Toro old city]]
[[File:Fermoselle, Los Arribes edited.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Arribes del Duro Natural Park]]
[[File:Puebla de Sanabria (18115380753).jpg|180px|thumb|right|Puebla de Sanabria]]
[[File:Cristo Yacente 2014 725.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Holy Week in Zamora ]]
The Province of Zamora is in northwestern Spain where it borders on Portugal, which lies to the southwest. To the west lies the [[province of Ourense]], to the north lies [[Province of León|León]], to the east lies [[Province of Valladolid|Valladolid]], and to the south lies [[Province of Salamanca|Salamanca]]. The [[Esla (river)|River Esla]] rises in the [[Cantabrian Mountains]] in the north and flows southwards through the province before joining the [[Douro|River Douro]] (Spanish: el Duero) which then forms part of the boundary with Portugal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Philip's Modern School Atlas |year=1973 |publisher=George Philip & Son |isbn=0-540-05278-7 |page=37 }}</ref> The Esla is the largest tributary of the Duero and where they join, discharges a greater quantity of water than that discharged by the Duero. The capital of the province is [[Zamora, Spain|Zamora]] which is situated in the south of the province on the banks of the Duero.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Fernández-Aláez, M.|author2=Fernández-Aláez, C.|author3=de Luis Calabuig, E.|title=The Esla River Basin: From the Cantabrian Mountain to the Duero|journal=Limnetica |volume=8 |pages=131&ndash;40|year=1992|url=http://www.limnetica.com/Limnetica/Limne08/L08u131_Esla_river_basin.pdf }}</ref>

The province has a total area of {{convert|10620|km2|mi2}}. Its economy is largely agricultural and it has a tradition of sheep rearing, producing a large proportion of Spain's [[merino]] wool.<ref name=Everyman/>