Ter
The Ter is a river in Catalonia, Spain. It rises in the Ulldeter, a glacial cirque in the East Pyrenees, at an approximate elevation of 2,400 metres. At heights of around 3,000 metres, the nearby peaks bordering the Ulldeter—the Bastiments, the Gra de Fajol, and the Pic de la Dona—supply its headwaters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Catalonia, Spain
- Also known as: “El Ter”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Far de la Meda and Carall Bernat.
Far de la Meda
Lighthouse
Photo: Martí8888, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Far de la Meda is a lighthouse, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Ter.
Carall Bernat
Islet
Photo: Gordito1869, CC BY 3.0.
Carall Bernat is an islet, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Ter.
Meda Gran
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meda Gran is an islet, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Ter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mas Pinell and L’Estartit.
L’Estartit
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
L'Estartit a small town and seaside resort of about 3,000 permanent residents on the Costa Brava in Catalonia. Due to its beachfront location and sunny weather in the summer, L'Estartit is quite popular with tourists from all over Europe.
Cap de la Barra
Locality
Photo: Bestiasonica, CC BY 3.0.
Cap de la Barra is a locality, which is situated 4 km northeast of Ter.
Ter
- Categories: watercourse, main stem, and body of water
- Location: Torroella de Montgrí, Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Ter from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Upper Sorbian—“Ter” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Río Ter”
- Basque: “Ter ibaia”
- Breton: “Ter”
- Catalan: “el Ter”
- Catalan: “Riu Ter”
- Catalan: “Ter”
- Cebuano: “El Ter”
- Chinese: “特爾河”
- Chuvash: “Тер”
- Dutch: “El Ter (vattendrag i Spanien, Província de Girona)”
- Dutch: “El Ter”
- Dutch: “Ter”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تير”
- French: “Ter”
- Galician: “Río Ter”
- Georgian: “ტერი”
- German: “Ter”
- Greek: “Τερ”
- Hebrew: “טר”
- Hungarian: “Ter”
- Irish: “Ter”
- Italian: “Ter”
- Japanese: “テル川”
- Kazakh: “Тер”
- Kurdish: “çemê Ter”
- Latin: “Alba (flumen Hispaniae)”
- Latin: “Alba”
- Latvian: “Tera”
- Lithuanian: “Teras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ter”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ter”
- Persian: “رود تر”
- Polish: “Ter (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Ter”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ter”
- Romanian: “El Ter”
- Romanian: “Ter”
- Russian: “Тер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ter (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ter”
- Slovenian: “Ter”
- Spanish: “El Ter”
- Spanish: “Rio Ter”
- Spanish: “Río Ter”
- Spanish: “Ter”
- Swedish: “El Ter”
- Swedish: “Ter”
- Ukrainian: “Тер (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Тер”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ter”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Dunes (Torroella de Montgrí) and Punta de les Salines.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Platja de la Gola del Ter and Playa De Gola.
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