Riba-roja d'Ebre
TarragonaCatalunya · Cataluña
Transparent Catalan toponym. Riba-roja, from the Catalan riba (Latin ripa, 'shore, bank') plus roja ('red'), description of the red clay cliffs of the Ebro meander. D'Ebre places the town on the eponymous river.
Evolution of the name
- ripa rubea late Latin 5th–9th centuries
- Riba-roja medieval Catalan from the 12th century
Reflections, to the letter
The name hides nothing; just look at the ground. The village rises on a terrace of sandstone and fierce red clay, and the old town spills down that slope toward the Ebro. The red riverbank that christened the place still stains every lane and every margin of the river below the bend.
Glossary
- Riba-roja Reservoir
- Reservoir built between 1962 and 1969 in the Ebro bed between Mequinenza and Flix, with 207 cubic hectometre capacity and 280 MW hydroelectric production. It regulates the river's flow in the middle stretch and supplies water to the city of Tarragona. Its construction submerged cultivation lands of the Riba-roja, Almatret and Faió terms.
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Camino del Ebro