Arlanza (river)

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Arlanza
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Source of the Arlanza in Fuente Sanza (Sierra de la Demanda)
Arlanza (river)
Location
Country Spain
Physical characteristics
SourceFuente Sanza
  location Quintanar de la Sierra, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
  elevation1,282 m (4,206 ft)
Mouth La Requejada, Pisuerga river
  location
Torquemada, Cerrato, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain
  elevation
737 m (2,418 ft)
Length160 km (99 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftZumel, Abejón, Ciruelos, Mataviejas, Revilla, Franco
  rightPedroso, San Martín, Cubillo, Arlanzón
The Arlanza River at Lerma, Burgos, mediaeval bridge Puente medieval - Lerma.jpg
The Arlanza River at Lerma, Burgos, mediaeval bridge

The Arlanza River rises in the Sierra de la Demanda, near Quintanar de la Sierra in an area known as Fuente Sanza. As it flows through the province of Burgos, Spain, it passes through the municipalities of Castrovido, Salas de los Infantes, Covarrubias and Lerma, broadly east to west roughly parallel to and north of the River Duero.

Its main tributary is the River Arlanzón that joins near Quintana del Puente shortly before the Arlanza itself joins River Pisuerga which in turn joins the Duero.

It gives its name to the Arlanza wine region, a Spanish Denominación de Origen.

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