Editing Aragón (river)

{{Infobox river
| name              = Aragón
| image             = Valle rio aragon.jpg
| image_size        = 300px
| image_caption     = Aragón river valley in the Huesca province
| map               = Watershed of the Aragon-fr.png
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| map_caption       = Watershed of the Aragón (in dark yellow)
| source1_location  = [[Pyrenees Mountains|Central Pyrenees]]
| mouth_location    = [[Ebro River]]
| progression       = {{REbro}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Spain]]
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}}
The '''Aragón''' ({{langx|es|Río Aragón}}; {{langx|eu|Aragon Ibaia}}) is a river in northern [[Spain]], one of the left-hand [[tributaries]] of the river [[Ebro]]. It rises at [[Astún]] (province of [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]]) in the central [[Pyrenees Mountains]], passes southwest through [[Jaca]] and [[Sangüesa]] ([[Navarre]]), and joins the Ebro at Milagro ([[Navarre]]), near [[Tudela, Navarre|Tudela]]. The name ''Aragón'' is related to the birth area of the former [[Kingdom of Aragon|kingdom]], which corresponds to the modern [[Aragon|autonomous community]] of Aragón in Spain.

==Watershed==
The river, used for irrigation and hydroelectric power, is about {{convert|129|km|mi}} long; its chief tributary is the [[Arga (river)|Arga River]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Aragon River |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31913/Aragon-River |access-date=2012-09-03 }}</ref>
[[Image:El rio Aragon visto desde lo alto del barranco de Penalen.jpg|thumb |250px |right|The Aragón flows past the ''[[ravine|barranco]]'' of [[Peñalén]]]]

==Ecology==
Non-government sanctioned re-introduction of [[Eurasian beaver]] (''Castor fiber'') in Spain around 2003 has resulted in tell-tale beaver signs documented on a {{convert|60|km|mi|adj=on}} stretch on the lower course of the Aragón River and the area adjoining the Ebro River in [[Aragon]], Spain.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Castor Europeo en Navarra y la Rioja |author=Juan Carlos Cena |journal=Galemys |volume=2 |pages=91–98 |url=http://www.secem.es/GALEMYS/PDF%20de%20Galemys/16%20(2).pdf/3%201%20%20Ce%F1a%20(91-98).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023025604/http://www.secem.es/GALEMYS/PDF%20de%20Galemys/16%20(2).pdf/3%201%20%20Ce%F1a%20(91-98).pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2007 |access-date=2012-09-03 |display-authors=etal }}</ref>

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[List of rivers of Spain]]

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[[Category:Rivers of Spain]]
[[Category:Ebro basin]]
[[Category:Rivers of Aragon]]
[[Category:Rivers of Navarre]]


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