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{{Infobox river
| name               = Tagus
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| name_other         = {{native name|es|Tajo}}<br />{{native name|pt|Tejo}}
| name_etymology     = Vulgar Latin ''taliāre'', "to cut through"
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| image              = Tagus River Panorama - Toledo, Spain - Dec 2006.jpg
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| image_caption      = View of Tagus River in [[Toledo, Spain]]
| map                = Cours du Tage.png
| map_size           = 250px
| map_caption        = Path of the Tagus through the Iberian Peninsula
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| pushpin_map_size   = 150px
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| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Spain]], [[Portugal]]
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| length             = {{convert|1007|km|mi|abbr=on}} 
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| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|500|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
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| source1            = [[Frías de Albarracín|Fuente de García]]
| source1_location   = [[Montes Universales]], [[Sierra de Albarracín Comarca]], [[Province of Teruel|Teruel]], [[Aragon]], [[Spain]]
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| source1_elevation  = {{convert|1593|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = Estuary of the Tagus
| mouth_location     = Atlantic Ocean near [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
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| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}
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| basin_size         = {{convert|80100|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   = [[Guadiela]], [[Algodor River|Algodor]], [[Gévalo]], [[Ibor]], [[Almonte (river)|Almonte]], [[Salor River|Salor]], [[Sever (river)|Sever]]
| tributaries_right  = [[Gallo River|Gallo]], [[Jarama]], [[Guadarrama (river)|Guadarrama]], [[Alberche]], [[Tiétar (river)|Tiétar]], [[Alagón (river)|Alagón]], [[Zêzere River|Zêzere]]
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[[File:VV Rodão Setembro 2010-7a.jpg|thumb|left|The Tagus near [[Vila Velha de Ródão]], close to the Spanish border]]
[[File:SpainTajoBasin.png|thumb|left|Map of the Tagus river Basin]]

The '''Tagus''' ({{lang-es|Tajo|links=no}} {{IPA-es|ˈtaxo|}}; {{lang-pt|Tejo|links=no}} {{IPA-pt|ˈtɛʒu|}}; {{lang-la|Tagus}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Τάγος ''Tagos'') is the longest river in the [[Iberian Peninsula]].
== Geography ==
It is {{convert|1007|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} long, {{convert|716|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} in Spain and {{convert|275|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} in [[Portugal]]. For {{convert|47|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} it forms the border between Portugal and Spain. The river flows into the Atlantic Ocean near [[Lisbon]]. 

It drains an area of {{convert|80100|sqkm|sqmi|0|sp=us}} (the second largest in the Iberian peninsula after the [[Douro]]). The Tagus is highly utilized for most of its course. Several [[dam]]s and diversions supply drinking water to most of central Spain, including [[Madrid]], and Portugal, while dozens of [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric stations]] create power. 

Between dams it follows a very constricted course, but after [[Castle of Almourol|Almourol]] it enters a vast [[Alluvial fan|alluvial]] valley prone to [[flood]]ing. At its mouth is a large [[estuary]] on which the port city of Lisbon is situated.

The source of the Tagus is the Fuente de García, in the [[Frías de Albarracín]] municipal term, [[Montes Universales]], [[Sistema Ibérico]], [[Sierra de Albarracín Comarca]]. All its major tributaries enter the Tagus from the right (north) bank. The main cities it passes through are [[Aranjuez]], [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], [[Talavera de la Reina]] and [[Alcántara]] in Spain, and [[Abrantes]], [[Santarém, Portugal|Santarém]], [[Almada]] and [[Lisbon]] in Portugal.
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