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The Besòs is a river flowing through Catalonia, Spain, formed by the confluence of the Mogent and Congost rivers. It ends in the Mediterranean. Its full watershed includes the following cities: Aiguafreda, La Garriga, Les Franqueses, Canovelles, Granollers, Montmeló, Mollet del Vallès, Montcada i Reixac, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona and Sant Adrià de Besòs. Due to its Mediterranean climate, the river can have a extreme discrepancies in flow depending on the weather.

Tributaries

The Besòs river has five main tributaries:

• Mogent river
• Congost river
• Tenes river
• Riera de Caldes stream
• Ripoll river

History

Impossible to navigate, the Besós was nonetheless a link between the Catalan coast and the interior. In the tenth century, the Rec Comtal was built to utilize the river for irrigation.

As it passes through a highly industrialized area (Barcelona metropolian region), it had the dubious honor of being the most contaminated river in Europe during the 1970s and 1980s. Since the mid-1990s, however, the river has been in the process of recovery. The Fòrum Universal de les Cultures, which took place in Barcelona during 2004, allowed the creation of a recreation area called Parc Fluvial del Besòs between the cities of Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adrià del Besòs.

Photograph Galery

View from Sant Adrià de Besos to the mountains.

View from Sant Adrià de Besos to the sea.

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Coordinates: 41°27′29″N 2°11′39″E / 41.45806, 2.19417