Jump to content

Sousa River

Coordinates: 41°05′16″N 8°31′13″W / 41.08776°N 8.52023°W / 41.08776; -8.52023
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mouth of the Sousa River.

The Sousa River (Portuguese: rio Sousa, pronounced [ˈsozɐ]) is a river in Portugal, a tributary of the Douro. It rises in the parish of Friande, Felgueiras, in the Porto District of northwest Portugal, and is a right tributary of the Douro, which it meets at the parish of Foz do Sousa, Gondomar, about 16 km from the mouth of the Douro.

Etymology

[edit]

The name is from Latin Saxa 'rocks', later called Sausa.

Tributaries

[edit]

41°05′16″N 8°31′13″W / 41.08776°N 8.52023°W / 41.08776; -8.52023