River
Navia
160 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Ría de Navia
In numbers
Length
160km
Average flow
63m³/s
Basin
2,590km²
Drop
440m
from 437 m to -3 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
160 km of river and 25 stops on the way: 19 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 437 m
- 15 kmSan Román1,987 people
- 35 kmBridge of A Proba de Navia
- 36 kmNavia de Suarna1,669 people
- 65 kmIbiastributary
- 88 kmGrandas de Salime1,203 people
- 91 kmEmbalse de Salime3.0 km²
- 94 kmPezós147 people
- 95 kmSanto Miyao44 people
- 102 kmAgüeira Rivertributary
- 105 kmEirías33 people
- 115 kmBuyaso57 people
- 122 kmDoiras HPP1.7 km²
- 123 kmDoiras91 people
- 127 kmCastriyón148 people
- 128 kmBual789 people
- 142 kmVilaión1,795 people
- 145 kmArbón dam1.0 km²
- 147 kmArbón186 people
- 148 kmTrelles212 people
- 151 kmVillacondide299 people
- 152 kmAnleo492 people
- 152 kmCoaña3,440 people
- 152 kmCuaña311 people
- 155 kmVillanueva518 people
- 156 kmNavia9,006 people
- 160 kmRía de Naviaat -3 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Spain
At the mouth it carries 63 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 40 seconds. It drops from 437 m to -3 m, 2.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,590 km², about the size of LU. 27,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to January; lowest: from July to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (22% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- NaviaLargest city on its banks · 9,006 people
- Asturias Airport (OVD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 55 km from the cityCar hire at OVD airport (Ranón)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water8 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Navia, month by month
Highest water: from November to January
Lowest water: from July to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 12 m³/s in the lowest month to 110 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Navia: the basin in numbers
2,583 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 27,000people live in the basin
- 10/km²people per km²
- 761maverage altitude of the basin
- 967mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 10.8°Caverage air temperature
- 28%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
- 0.4km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 97% Forest
- 2% Cropland
- 16% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Navia: what you find on the way
- 2WeirsPresa da Aceña de Penasinceira, O Banzado
- 4WaterfallsCascada de Castrillón, Cascada de Méxica, Pozo Mouro and 1 more
- 4Boat rampsEmbarcadero and 3 more
- 3MarinasPuerto de Navia, Puerto de Ortiguera
- 9River beachesEl Doque, Playa de Foxos, Playa de Arnelles and 6 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Navia in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
12beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Embalse de Salimekm 633.0km²
- Doiras HPPkm 851.7km²
- Arbón damkm 1011.0km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (12)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Playa Penarronda22 km away19.9°C
- Playa de Tapia18 km away19.9°C
- Playa Barchinas21 km away20.2°C
- Playa de Represas17 km away19.9°C
- Playa Permenande8.4 km away19.9°C
- Playa De Frexulfe3.8 km away20.0°C
- Playa de Santa Ana25 km away20.2°C
- Playa de Barayo8.8 km away20.0°C
4 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Formigueiros13 km away1,643m
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Pancha island26 km away0.0km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Navia in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (5)
Also: Ibias, Agüeira River, Oro River, Ser River, Río de Pendia
Nearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q14526) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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