Estuary of Bilbao
The Estuary of Bilbao lies at the common mouth of the rivers Nervion, Ibaizabal and Cadagua, which drain most of Biscay and part of Alava in the Basque Country, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Vizcaya Bridge and Santurce.
Vizcaya Bridge
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The Vizcaya Bridge is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santurtzi and Las Arenas.
Santurtzi
Town
Santurtzi is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 kilometres downriver from Bilbao and forms part of the Greater Bilbao agglomeration.
Las Arenas
Suburb
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Areeta is a neighbourhood of Getxo. It is an affluent residential area that was built over the sands of a beach where the Gobela Creek died into a diffuse delta at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao in the early 20th century.
Estuary of Bilbao
- Type: Estuary
- Categories: ria, estuary, and body of water
- Location: Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Estuary of Bilbao” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bilboko itsasadar”
- Basque: “Bilboko itsasadarra”
- Basque: “Ibaizabaleko itsasadar”
- Basque: “Nerbioiko itsasadar”
- Catalan: “Estuari de Bilbao”
- Catalan: “ria de Bilbao”
- Catalan: “Ria de Bilbao”
- Catalan: “Ria del Nerbioi-Ibaizabal”
- Cebuano: “Bilboko itsasadarra / Ría de Bilbao”
- Cebuano: “Bilboko itsasadarra/Ría de Bilbao”
- Chinese: “毕尔巴鄂河口”
- Chinese: “畢爾巴鄂河口”
- Dutch: “Estuary of Bilbao”
- Esperanto: “Estuaro de Bilbao”
- Esperanto: “Rio de Bilbao”
- French: “Ria de Bilbao”
- Galician: “Ría de Bilbao”
- Galician: “Ría do Nervión”
- Irish: “Inbhear Bilbo”
- Japanese: “ビルバオ河口”
- Latin: “Aturia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bilbao-estuaret”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bilbaoestuaret”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bilboko Itsasadarra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ría de Bilbao”
- Portuguese: “Ria de Bilbau”
- Portuguese: “Ria do Nervión”
- Slovenian: “Bilbajski estuarij”
- Spanish: “Ria de bilbao”
- Spanish: “Ría de Bilbao”
- Spanish: “Ria del Ibaizabal”
- Spanish: “Ría del Ibaizabal”
- Spanish: “Ria del Nervion”
- Spanish: “Ria del Nervión”
- Spanish: “Ría del Nervion”
- Spanish: “Ría del Nervión”
- Swedish: “Bilboko itsasadarra / Ría de Bilbao”
- Swedish: “Bilboko itsasadarra/Ría de Bilbao”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Portugalete and Algorta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puerto de Santurtzi and Arriluze lighthouse.
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