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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 534 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JUCAR , a See also:

RIVER

river of eastern See also:

Spain. It rises in the See also:

north of the See also:

province of See also:

CUENCA

Cuenca, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Cerro de See also:

SAN

San Felipe (5906 ft.), and flows See also:

south past Cuenca to the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

ALBACETE

Albacete; here it bends towards the See also:

east, and maintains this direction for the greater See also:

PART

part of its remaining course. On the right it is connected with the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Albacete by the Maria Cristina See also:

canal. After entering See also:

Valencia, it receives on the See also:

LEFT

left its See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributary the Cabriel, which also rises near the Cerro de San Felipe, in the Montes Universales. Near See also:

ALCIRA

Alcira the Jflcar turns south-east-See also:

ward, and then sharply north, curving again to the south-east before it enters the Mediterranean See also:

Sea at See also:

CULLERA

Cullera, after a See also:

TOTAL

total course of 314 M. Its See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary forms the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of Cullera, and its See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters are freely utilized for purposes of See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

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