Rio Tinto
The Río Tinto is a highly toxic river in southwestern Spain that rises in the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalusia. It flows generally south-southwest, reaching the Gulf of Cádiz at Huelva.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Spain
- Also known as: “Luxia”, “River Tinto”, “Tinto”, and “Tinto River”
- Historically known as: “Azequia”, “Hiberus”, “Iberus”, “Saquia”, and “Urium”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monument to Columbus and La Rábida Friary.
Monument to Columbus
Monument
Photo: MiguelAngel fotografo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to Columbus, also known as Monument to the Discovering Faith, is a monument in Huelva, Spain. It is a work by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
La Rábida Friary
Church
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Saint Mary of La Rábida Friary is a Franciscan friary in the southern Spanish town of Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva and the autonomous region of Andalucia.
Torre de la Arenilla
Fort
Photo: MiguelAngel fotografo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre de la Arenilla is a fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Punta Umbría and Palos de la Frontera.
Punta Umbría
Town
Photo: Calapito, Public domain.
Punta Umbría is a town and municipality in the province of Huelva, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is a fishing village located on the banks of the Rio Odiel river and across the water from the capital, Huelva. Punta Umbría is situated 3½ km southwest of Rio Tinto.
Palos de la Frontera
Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palos de la Frontera is a town of 11,000 people in Andalucia, Spain. Probably most important for Palos is that Christopher Columbus developed his plans here and started his discovery with support of the people in Palos.
Huelva
Photo: E. Corvilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huelva is a city of 144,000 people in Andalucia, on the Gulf of Cádiz coast, in the estuary formed by the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. It draws visitors for its historical sites connected to Christopher Columbus, and for its historic pier, the Muelle de Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Rio Tinto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر لبلة”
- Armenian: “Ռիո Տինտո”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tinto”
- Basque: “Tinto”
- Belarusian: “Рыа-Тынта”
- Bulgarian: “Рио Тинто”
- Catalan: “Luxia”
- Catalan: “Riu Tinto”
- Catalan: “Tinto”
- Cebuano: “Río Tinto”
- Chinese: “廷托河”
- Dutch: “Río Tinto”
- Dutch: “Tinto”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لبله”
- Esperanto: “Tinto”
- French: “río Tinto”
- French: “Río Tinto”
- French: “Tinto”
- Galician: “Luxia”
- Galician: “Río Tinto”
- German: “Río Tinto”
- German: “Tinto”
- Greek: “Τίντο”
- Hebrew: “ריו טינטו”
- Hindi: “रिओ तिन्तो”
- Irish: “Tinto”
- Italian: “Tinto”
- Japanese: “ティント川”
- Japanese: “リオ・ティント川”
- Kazakh: “Рио-Тинто”
- Korean: “리오 틴토강”
- Malagasy: “Río Tinto (ony)”
- Malagasy: “Río Tinto”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Río Tinto”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rio Tinto i Spania”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tinto”
- Polish: “Tinto”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tinto”
- Russian: “Рио-Тинто”
- Russian: “Тинто, река в Испании”
- Russian: “Тинто”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tinto (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tinto”
- Spanish: “Luxia”
- Spanish: “rio Tinto”
- Spanish: “río Tinto”
- Spanish: “Río Tinto”
- Spanish: “Tinto”
- Swedish: “Río Tinto”
- Ukrainian: “Ріо-Тінто”
- Upper Sorbian: “Tinto”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tinto”
- Vietnamese: “Río Tinto (sông)”
- Vietnamese: “Río Tinto”
- Waray (Philippines): “Río Tinto (salog)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Río Tinto”
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