Sil

The Sil is a river in and , , a tributary of the Miño. Its total length is 225 kilometres. The source of the Sil is in the , in part of the Leonese municipality of .
  • River
  • …lies at an elevation of 140 metres (459 feet)
  • Description: river in Spain
  • Also known as
    “Sil River”
    “Silis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Os Peares and Capela do Pilar da Granxa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peares and San Pedro, Pombeiro.

Sil

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Latitude
42.45329° or 42° 27′ 12″ north
Longitude
-7.72254° or 7° 43′ 21″ west
Open location code
8CJJF73G+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Venetian—“Sil” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Río Sil”
  • Asturian: “ríu Sil”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Sil”
  • Asturian: “Sil”
  • Basque: “Sil ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Сіль”
  • Bulgarian: “Сил (приток на Миньо)”
  • Bulgarian: “Сил”
  • Catalan: “Riu Sil”
  • Catalan: “Sil”
  • Cebuano: “Río Sil”
  • Chinese: “錫爾河 (西班牙)”
  • Chinese: “錫爾河”
  • Czech: “Sil”
  • Dutch: “Sil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيل”
  • Esperanto: “Sil”
  • Finnish: “Sil”
  • French: “Sil”
  • Galician: “río Sil”
  • Galician: “Río Sil”
  • Galician: “Sil”
  • Georgian: “სილი (მდინარე)”
  • Georgian: “სილი”
  • German: “Sil”
  • Hebrew: “סיל”
  • Irish: “Sil”
  • Italian: “Sil”
  • Japanese: “シル川”
  • Kazakh: “Силь”
  • Latin: “Sil”
  • Lithuanian: “Silis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rio Sil”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sil”
  • Persian: “سیل”
  • Polish: “Sil”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Sil”
  • Russian: “Силь”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sil”
  • Slovenian: “Sil (reka)”
  • Slovenian: “Sil”
  • Spanish: “rio Sil”
  • Spanish: “río Sil”
  • Spanish: “Río Sil”
  • Swedish: “Río Sil”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sil”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Sil”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Peter Reservoir and Central Hidráulica de San Pedro.

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