Limia River
The Lima River runs west from the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain to Portugal, where it enters the Atlantic Ocean at Viana do Castelo, covering 108 kilometres.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river that runs west from Galicia, Spain, and through the north of Portugal, towards the Atlantic Ocean
- Also known as: “Lethe (Limaea)”, “Lima (rivier)”, “Lima River”, “Limaea”, “río Freixo”, “río Lethe”, “río Lima”, “Río Lima”, “río Limaea”, “río Mourenzo”, and “río Talariño”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Gil Eannes and Fort Santiago da Barra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Viana do Castelo and Darque.
Darque
Town
Anha
Town
Limia River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.68333° or 41° 41′ north
Longitude
-8.83333° or 8° 50′ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8CHHM5M8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Limia River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ليما”
- Asturian: “Ríu Limia”
- Basque: “Limia”
- Belarusian: “Ліма”
- Breton: “Lima (stêr)”
- Breton: “Lima”
- Catalan: “Riu Limia”
- Cebuano: “Rio Lima”
- Chuvash: “Лима”
- Dutch: “Lima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليما”
- Esperanto: “Lima”
- Finnish: “Lima (joki)”
- Finnish: “Lima”
- French: “Lima”
- Galician: “Río Limia”
- Georgian: “ლიმა (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “ლიმა”
- German: “Lima”
- Irish: “Abhainn Limia”
- Italian: “Limia”
- Japanese: “リミア川”
- Lithuanian: “Limija”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lima”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Limia”
- Norwegian: “Lima”
- Polish: “Lima (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Lima”
- Portuguese: “Rio Lima”
- Russian: “Лима”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lima (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lima”
- Spanish: “río Limia”
- Spanish: “Río Limia”
- Swedish: “Lima”
- Turkish: “Lima Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ліма”
- Venetian: “Fiume Limia”
- Welsh: “Afon Limia”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Viana do Castelo and Ursulinas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Estátua à Mulher Vianesa and Castelo Santiago da Barra.
Portugal: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Lisbon and Caldas da Rainha.
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