THE TURIA RIVER

The river Turia born in Teruel Universal Mounts, near the town of Guadalaviar (for this reason received its name until pass Teruel). The word Guadalaviar comes from the Arab and means "White River" (because often, in its floods, clear rolling rocks of limestone). Near it born other rivers like the Jucar and the Tajo
Since Titaguas changes its name to Túria eventually arriving at the Mediterranean Sea in Valencia. Its approximate distance is 280 kilometers.
As it approaches the sea, the Mediterranean climate apears with their autumns rainy and its extremely dry summers, this makes the flow change with the seasons of the year, making severe floods occur in autumn.
Despite the frequent floods, humans settled next to it because for millions of years the river brings great amount of sediment and fertile land. Which created a thriving garden around.

The Turia is one of the few rivers that contrary to logic, takes less water, the closer to the mouth of this. The Valencian government is proud that not a single drop arrives the sea, because we know "harness" all (regardless of the serious environmental damage that this implies).

On their way through Valencia, Turia river created a small island, where was established the city of Valencia.

We do not know exactly since when, and why is named Turia. Although there are several theories:

1 says that when the Phoenicians arrived from Ibiza, when they see the large number of cows around it, they called it TUR or TURBO (which in that language means cow).

2 Another option is that the Phocians (former inhabitant of a Greek island, which currently belongs to Turkey) was called Turia by the word be equivalent to slightly or torn.

3 It is also said that the Tyrians (Phoenicians of Tyre) called the city of Valencia with the name of Tyris And Tyrio to its river. That is finaly translated to Turia.

picture of the large bridge over the Turia passing through Las Rinconadas in Santa Cruz de Moya, by Joselupr and taken from the wikipedia