River
Silis
228 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Minho River
In numbers
Length
228km
Average flow
240m³/s
Basin
9,331km²
Drop
949m
from 1,075 m to 126 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
228 km of river and 22 stops on the way: 8 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmLa Cuetaat 1,075 m
- 6 kmVillablino8,919 people
- 10 kmLas Rozas Reservoir0.3 km²
- 26 kmMatalavilla-demningen1.0 km²
- 48 kmToreno3,661 people
- 65 kmBárcena Reservoir6.3 km²
- 71 kmPonferrada68,736 people
- 71 kmPuente Querol
- 90 kmCúa Rivertributary
- 107 kmPeñarrubia Reservoir0.4 km²
- 116 kmPumares Reservoir0.5 km²
- 122 kmCabrera Rivertributary
- 122 kmBridge of Sobradelo
- 131 kmO Barco de Valdeorras13,463 people
- 142 kmA Rúa4,975 people
- 145 kmA Rúa de Valdeorras4,214 people
- 145 kmPetín856 people
- 146 kmBridge of A Cigarrosa
- 158 kmBibei Rivertributary
- 169 kmQuiroga4,122 people
- 172 kmLor Rivertributary
- 218 kmCabetributary
- 226 kmOs Peares reservoir3.7 km²
- 228 kmMinho Riverat 126 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 243 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 10 seconds. It drops from 1,075 m to 126 m, 4.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 9,331 km², about the size of CY. 437,000 people live in it. Highest water: from December to February; lowest: from June to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (33% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- PonferradaLargest city on its banks · 68,736 people
- Bragança Airport (BGC)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 77 km from the cityCar hire at OVD airport (Ranón)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water5 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Silis, month by month
Highest water: from December to February
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 43 m³/s in the lowest month to 480 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
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Silis: the basin in numbers
12,558 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 437,000people live in the basin
- 35/km²people per km²
- 821maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,000mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 10.8°Caverage air temperature
- 13%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
- 2.5km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 87% Forest
- 5% Cropland
- 11% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
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
Silis: what you find on the way
- 11Weirs
- 3Locks
- 16WaterfallsCascada del Pimpanón, A Pincheira de Portomao, Fervenza do Cachón and 13 more
- 5Boat rampsO Porto da Barca and 4 more
- 1River beachesÁrea Recreativa do Río Búbal
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Silis 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.
6lakes on its wayLakeyas
2mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (6)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Las Rozas Reservoirkm 90.3km²
- Matalavilla-demningenkm 241.0km²
- Bárcena Reservoirkm 596.3km²
- Peñarrubia Reservoirkm 970.4km²
- Pumares Reservoirkm 1050.5km²
- Os Peares reservoirkm 2043.7km²
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Mountains at the source (2)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Peña Ubiña13 km away · prominence 1,121 m
- Peña Rueda15 km away
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
Silis in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Minho River
Portugal315 km340 m³/sTributaries (11)
Also: Cabe, Lor River, Boeza, Cabrera River, Cúa River, Bibei River, Soldón River, Oza River, Mao River, Ourense, río Casoio, río Leira
Nearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q14556) · 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, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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