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9-714: It is named after the Pallars region. Its source is at Era Font d'era Noguereta in the municipality of Naut Aran ( Aran Valley ) at an elevation of about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) and barely 100 metres (330 ft) from those of the Garonne . While the Garonne flows toward the Atlantic Ocean , the Noguera Pallaresa flows to the Segre , and enters that river from the right just before

18-528: Is closed again. 41°54′22″N 0°53′25″E  /  41.90600°N 0.89016°E  / 41.90600; 0.89016 This article about a location in Catalonia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pallars Pallars is a historical and natural region of Catalonia . Located in

27-616: The Generalitat de Catalunya were added to the newly created Pallars Jussà comarca . In 1990 the Ribagorça area was segregated from the Pallars Jussà comarca and was established as the Alta Ribagorça . 42°26′48.36″N 1°11′51.03″E  /  42.4467667°N 1.1975083°E  / 42.4467667; 1.1975083 Sort, Lleida Sort ( Catalan: [ˈsɔrt] ) is

36-680: The Pre-Pyrenees and Pyrenees area, most of its territory is mountainous . The Noguera Pallaresa river is named after this region. The physiography of the Pallars natural region includes the Noguera Pallaresa river basin with its tributaries. The region encompasses as well as the mountain ranges spanning the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees area that surround the basin until the Serra del Montsec which forms

45-631: The reservoir of Camarasa ( Noguera ): its waters then flow to the Mediterranean . The Noguera Pallaresa is dammed at several points, including Talarn Dam , and the largest reservoirs are La Torassa (between Esterri d'Àneu and La Guingueta d'Àneu in the Pallars Sobirà ), Sant Antoni (above Talarn in the Pallars Jussà ), Terradets (in the municipality of Àger in the Noguera) and Camarasa (just above

54-533: The capital of the comarca of Pallars Sobirà , in the province of Lleida , Catalonia , in the country of Spain . It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Pallaresa , a tributary to the Segre . Population 2,113 (2005). It was once capital of the County of Pallars . The origin of the name predates the Roman period and has a different origin from the concept of sort -Catalan for “luck”-. Sort

63-451: The confluence with the Segre). Between the dam in the reservoir Panta de la Torrassa and the lake Panta de Sant Antoni the river is a favourite course for wildwater canoeing and rafting. During spring and summer the river falls dry at night, but in the morning the weir is opened and in several hours makes it a rather voluminous river with wild water class 2, 3 and 4 rapids. In the evening the weir

72-611: The limit of the Pallars at its southern end. In present times the most important town of the Pallars is Tremp . Abella de la Conca , Castell de Mur , Conca de Dalt , Gavet de la Conca , Isona i Conca Dellà , Llimiana , La Pobla de Segur , Salàs de Pallars , Sant Esteve de la Sarga , Sarroca de Bellera , Senterada , Talarn , La Torre de Cabdella and Tremp . Alins , Alt Àneu , Baix Pallars , Espot , Esterri d'Àneu , Esterri de Cardós , Farrera , La Guingueta d'Àneu , Lladorre , Llavorsí , Rialp , Soriguera , Sort , Tírvia and Vall de Cardós The County of Pallars

81-471: Was a county during the ninth and tenth centuries. Later both the County of Pallars Jussà (Lower Pallars) and the County of Pallars Sobirà (Upper Pallars) became counties of the Hispanic March during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. In 1936 the Pallars was split into the Pallars Jussà and Pallars Sobirà present-day administrative divisions. The historical Ribagorça territories administered by

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