A Pobra do Brollón
municipality in Lugo, Galicia, Spain
A Pobra do Brollón is a municipality in the province of Lugo in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Lemos. It has a population of 2,066 (Spanish 2010 Census) and an area of 175 km2.
It is bordered to the north by O Incio, to the south by Quiroga and Ribas de Sil, east to by Samos, Folgoso do Courel and Quiroga, and to the west by Monforte de Lemos and Bóveda.
It is located 62 kilometers from the provincial capital.
Natural environment
Geography
The municipality of A Pobra do Brollón has an area of 174.8 km2, located between the Valle de Lemos to the west and the Sierra del Caurel to the east. It is characterized by its mountainous topography in the eastern half. The area include the following mountains:
Alto da Veneira
Mioteira
O Home Grande
Cerro de Pereira
Covallo
Moncai
The main rivers are el Cabe, el Saa and el Rubin, which form small and deep valleys. All the rivers in the western half form part of the river basin of the Cabe river while those of the eastern half belong to the basin of the Lor river, making a physical edge by a strip in the east. In the land surrounding the Sil river is a small bank.
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