el Besòs

The Besòs is a river flowing through , , formed by the confluence of the Mogent and Congost rivers. It ends in the Mediterranean. Its full watershed includes the following cities: Aiguafreda, , , , , , , , , and .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Catalunya
  • Also known as: “Besòs”, “Besòs River”, “el Besos”, and “riu Besòs”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ateneu Adrianenc and Església de Sant Adrià.

Public building
Photo: Deosringas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public building.

Church
Photo: Jlmoncada, Public domain.
is a church.

Public building
Photo: Deosringas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Adrià Nord and Bon Pastor.

Neighborhood
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in , a district in the city of . It has been served by the Barcelona Metro station since April 2010.

Town
Photo: Jlmoncada, Public domain.
is a city and a municipality within the comarca of Barcelonès in , north-eastern . It is situated on the Mediterranean coast, at the mouth of river Besòs, extending to both sides of the estuary although the original settlement with the parish church lies on the left bank of the river, in the northern part of town.

el Besòs

Latitude
41.4332° or 41° 25′ 60″ north
Longitude
2.211° or 2° 12′ 40″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8FH4C6M6+7C
Geo­Names ID
3128081
Wiki­data ID
Q765483
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“el Besòs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيسوس”
  • Aragonese: “Río Besòs”
  • Basque: “Besòs”
  • Belarusian: “Бесос”
  • Belarusian: “Бэсос”
  • Catalan: “Besòs”
  • Catalan: “El Besòs”
  • Catalan: “Riu Besòs”
  • Cebuano: “El Besòs”
  • Chinese: “貝索斯河”
  • Chuvash: “Бесос”
  • Dutch: “Besòs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيسوس”
  • Esperanto: “Besós”
  • Estonian: “Besos”
  • Estonian: “Besós”
  • Estonian: “Besòs”
  • Finnish: “Besos”
  • Finnish: “Besòs”
  • French: “Besos”
  • French: “Besòs”
  • Galician: “río Besós”
  • Galician: “Río Besòs”
  • Georgian: “ბესოსი”
  • German: “Besòs”
  • German: “el Besòs”
  • Hebrew: “בזוס (נהר)”
  • Hebrew: “בזוס”
  • Hebrew: “בסוס (נהר)”
  • Hebrew: “בסוס”
  • Irish: “Besòs”
  • Italian: “Besòs”
  • Japanese: “バゾス川”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Besos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Besòs”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Besòs”
  • Norwegian: “Besòs”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Besòs”
  • Polish: “Besòs”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Besòs”
  • Romanian: “Râul Besos”
  • Romanian: “Râul Besòs”
  • Russian: “Бесос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Besós”
  • Spanish: “Besos”
  • Spanish: “Besós”
  • Spanish: “Besòs”
  • Spanish: “Rio Besos”
  • Spanish: “Rio Besós”
  • Spanish: “Río Besos”
  • Spanish: “Río Besós”
  • Spanish: “Río Besòs”
  • Swedish: “Besòs”
  • Ukrainian: “Бесос”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Besòs”
  • Western Armenian: “Պեսոս”

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