Gaià River

For the river in Romania, see Gaia River.

The Gaià (Catalan pronunciation: [gəˈja]) is a 59 km long river in Tarragona Province, Catalonia.

Gaià
The Gaià River at l'Altrera near Santes Creus
Location
Country	Spain
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Santa Coloma de Queralt
Mouth
• location	Mediterranean Sea
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	59 km (37 mi)
Basin size	423.8 km2 (163.6 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	0.57 m3/s (20 cu ft/s)

Course

Its source is at Santa Coloma de Queralt, situated in the Catalan Central Depression, gathering the waters of the Serra de Brufaganya and Serra de Queralt mountain ranges. It flows through deep gorges across the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range and then close to Santes Creus and, at the end, into the Mediterranean at the Tamarit Castle, Tarragonès, near Altafulla forming a coastal lagoon separated from the sea by a sandbar. The river mouth is a protected area.^[1]

Tributaries

Its main tributaries are:^[2]

• Torrent de Claret
• Riu de baix
• Torrent del Biure
• Torrent Sant Magí
• Torrent de Vallespinosa
• Torrent de Rupit
• Torrent Rubio
• Torrent de Pinatelles
• Riu de Boix
• Torrent d'en Serrat
• Torrent de Biany
• L'Escurri

See also

• List of rivers of Catalonia