Barcelona Field Studies Centre

River Tordera


Descriptive data for study catchment


 

Catchment area

868.5 Km²
Stream length:  61.5 Km
Climate:  Mediterranean
Annual rainfall:  820 mm/year
Mean annual discharge at river mouth:  5.08 m³/s
Altitudinal range headwater to river mouth:  1100 m
Population 103,000 inhabitants
Lithology:  siliceous

River Tordera profile