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The municipality of Agolada is placed in
the geographical center of Autonomous Community, in the Northeast of the province
of Pontevedra, between the Ulla river, Farelo's mountain range, and the Arnego
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The municipality is 147,820 square Kilometers
with a great morphological variety in its lands. This variety is due more to
tecthonic factors that to the lithologic ones. The masterlines are configurated
by three elements:
- Farelo mountain range.
- Soft ondulations of high surfaces of erosion.
- Ulla river and its tributary, Arnego river. |
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The highest point is placed in Farelo mountain range which highest height is
Farelo mountain with 956 meters. From here the heights descend softly across two
erosion surfaces, one of them in direction E-W to the Arnego river and the
another one in direction NW-SE to the right side of Ulla river, where the heigth
is fixed in 300 meters. These differences of heigth explain the existence of
local microclimates.
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The main units of relief are organized in a
general direction NW-SE. These direction lines are crossed by the tributary
rivers of Ulla river (Deza and Arnego). |
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The river system is organized around of two
main courses, Ulla and Arnego. The Ulla river, that acts as the municipality
north border, has a general direction E-W. Several rivers discharge their waters
on it; between their, the main is the Arnego river, which, across the
municipality make a straigth valley with strong slopes, in direction NW-SE to
discharge in Ulla river in Brocos, that make the begining of Portodemouros
reservoir. |
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