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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 .
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Spain
  • Also known as: “Sil River” and “Silis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Pedro Do Sil and Os Peares Dam.

Railway stop
Photo: Imxavitooh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway stop.

Power station
Photo: Xosema, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peares and A Granxa.

Hamlet
Photo: Contando Estrelas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Ogalego.gal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Sil

Latitude
42.45332° or 42° 27′ 12″ north
Longitude
-7.72253° or 7° 43′ 21″ west
Elevation
140 metres (459 feet)
Open location code
8CJJF73G+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 515832730
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
3108955
Wiki­data ID
Q14556
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Satellite Map

Discover Sil from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Dutch: “Sil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيل”
  • Esperanto: “Sil”
  • Finnish: “Sil”
  • French: “Sil”
  • Galician: “Río 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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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 “Sil”. Photo: Luimipi, CC BY-SA 3.0.