Júcar

[ hoo-kahr ]

noun

1. a river in E Spain, flowing S to the Mediterranean Sea near Valencia. About 316 miles (509 km) long.

Example Sentences

He pointed the finger at Spain's Aemet weather agency as well as the independent Júcar authority that looks after the river basin and water resources.

From BBC

Alcalá del Júcar is two-and-a-half hours’ drive from Madrid, or just under two hours from Valencia or Alicante.

From The Guardian

The young woman in Alcalá del Júcar’s tourist office seems surprised when we say we have come from England.

From The Guardian

Like Matera, many of Júcar’s villages are carved from the cliffs of a gorge; both have underground tunnels, grotto-like cave dwellings and medieval roots.

From The Guardian

On empty roads, hugging the banks of the River Júcar, we loop around giant rocky outcrops, slip under bulges of limestone overhang and zigzag up and down vertiginous cliffs.

From The Guardian