Río de Oro
The Río de Oro is a river which flows in northeast Morocco to reach the Mediterranean Sea at the harbour of the Spanish exclave of Melilla.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lord SKY, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: River (intermittent)
- Description: river in Melilla
- Also known as: “Rio de Oro”, “Río Oro”, and “Uád el Meduar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Lorenzo Beach and Plaza de Toros de Melilla.
San Lorenzo Beach
Beach
San Lorenzo Beach is located in Melilla, Spain. It has "Blue Flag" status, which confirms the good water quality.
Plaza de Toros de Melilla
Stadium
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaza de Toros de Melilla is a bullring in Melilla, Spain. It is currently used for bullfighting. The stadium was built in 1946 and holds 8,800 people.
Hernandez Park
Park
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hernández Park is a historic garden located in the center of the autonomous city of Melilla, Spain, and is situated in the Modernist Expansion District on Plaza de España.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melilla and Ataque Seco.
Melilla
Photo: Ecemaml, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melilla is a charming Spanish exclave in North Africa, with a small surface area of just 14 km² and a population of around 85,000 inhabitants, 130 km from the Spanish mainland, in the heart of the Rif region, bordered to the east by the Alboran Sea and to the south by Morocco.
Ataque Seco
Neighborhood
Photo: Paco Solís, CC BY 2.0.
Ataque Seco is one of the barrios of the city of Melilla, a Spanish exclave on the north coast of Africa. Ataque Seco is located in the central north of the city, 500 metres from the Mediterranean coast and one kilometre northwest of Melilla la Vieja, the old walled city.
Beni Ansar
Town
Photo: Aït Nsar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beni Ansar is a town in Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco, located 12 km north of the city of Nador. It is bordered on the north by the Spanish city of Melilla.
Río de Oro
- Categories: coastal river, stream, and body of water
- Location: Castile-La Mancha, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.28618° or 35° 17′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.93931° or 2° 56′ 22″ westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8C7V73P6+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 486811782OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tachelhit—“Río de Oro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريو دي أورو”
- Arabic: “نهر الذهب”
- Basque: “Río de Oro (Melilla)”
- Basque: “Río de Oro”
- Cebuano: “Río de Oro”
- Croatian: “Río de Oro (Melilla)”
- Croatian: “Río de Oro”
- Dutch: “Río de Oro”
- French: “río de Oro”
- French: “Río de Oro”
- French: “Rivière de l’Or”
- Galician: “Río de Oro”
- German: “Rio de Oro”
- German: “Río de Oro”
- Japanese: “デ・オロ川”
- Japanese: “リオ・デ・オロ川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio de Oro”
- Portuguese: “Rio de Oro (Melilla)”
- Portuguese: “Rio de Oro”
- Spanish: “Rio de Oro”
- Spanish: “Río de Oro”
- Tachelhit: “Asif n Río de Oro (Mlilya)”
- Tachelhit: “Asif n urɣ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Urbanización ‘San Lorenzo’ and Triángulo de Oro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jardínes del Agua and Plaza Adolfo Suárez.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Río de Oro”. Photo: Lord SKY, CC BY-SA 2.0.