Ría de Arousa
The Ría de Arousa is a ria, a saline estuary in Galicia, Spain. It is one of the five Rías Baixas, and located between the Ría de Muros e Noia to the north and the Ria de Pontevedra to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estuary
- Description: estuary in Galicia, Spain
- Also known as: “Raha”
- Historically known as: “Arosa Bay” and “Arousa Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla de La Rúa and Illa do Arioso.
Isla de La Rúa
Islet
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Isla de La Rúa is an islet, which is situated 2½ km north of Ría de Arousa.
Illa do Arioso
Island
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Illa do Arioso is an island, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Ría de Arousa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include O Touro and Santa Uxía de Ribeira.
O Touro
Hamlet
Photo: Lmbuga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
O Touro is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northwest of Ría de Arousa.
Santa Uxía de Ribeira
Town
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Santa Uxía de Ribeira is a town, which is situated 5 km northwest of Ría de Arousa.
As Aceñas
Hamlet
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
As Aceñas is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km east of Ría de Arousa.
Ría de Arousa
- Categories: ria and body of water
- Location: Ribeira, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ría de Arousa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Arousako itsasadarra”
- Breton: “Ría Arousa”
- Breton: “Ría de Arousa”
- Catalan: “Ria d’Arousa”
- Cebuano: “Ría de Arousa”
- Chinese: “阿劳萨湾”
- Chinese: “阿勞薩灣”
- Dutch: “Ría de Arousa”
- Esperanto: “Rio de Arousa”
- French: “ria de Arosa”
- French: “Ria de Arosa”
- French: “ria de Arousa”
- Galician: “ría de Arousa”
- Galician: “Ría de Arousa”
- German: “Ría de Arousa”
- Japanese: “リア・デ・アロウサ”
- Portuguese: “Ria de Arousa”
- Russian: “Ароса”
- Spanish: “Ría de Arosa”
- Spanish: “Ría de Arousa”
- Swedish: “Ría de Arousa”
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