el Besòs
The Besòs is a river flowing through Catalonia, Spain, formed by the confluence of the Mogent and Congost rivers. It ends in the Mediterranean. Its full watershed includes the following cities: Aiguafreda, La Garriga, Sant Fost de Campsantelles, Canovelles, Granollers, Montmeló, Mollet del Vallès, Montcada i Reixac, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona and Sant Adrià de Besòs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Ateneu Adrianenc
Public building
Photo: Deosringas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ateneu Adrianenc is a public building.
Casal de la Dona
Public building
Photo: Deosringas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casal de la Dona is a public building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sant Adrià Nord and Bon Pastor.
Bon Pastor
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bon Pastor is a neighbourhood in Sant Andreu, a district in the city of Barcelona, Spain. It has been served by the Barcelona Metro station Bon Pastor since April 2010.
Sant Adrià de Besòs
Town
Photo: Jlmoncada, Public domain.
Sant Adrià de Besòs is a city and a municipality within the comarca of Barcelonès in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. 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
- Categories: watercourse, main stem, and body of water
- Location: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Western Armenian—“el Besòs” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Río Besòs”
- Basque: “Besòs”
- Belarusian: “Бесос”
- Belarusian: “Рака Бесос”
- 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 372iyr84iu92ewd”
- 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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