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{{Short description|River in Andorra}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Gran Valira
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| image              = File:Andorra la Vella, Valira river.jpg
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| image_caption      = Gran Valira flowing under the Pont de Paris in [[Andorra la Vella]]
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Andorra]]
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| subdivision_name4  = [[Andorra la Vella]]
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| length             = {{convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}} 
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| source_confluence            = Valira d'Orient & Valira del Nord
| source_confluence_location   = [[Escaldes-Engordany]], [[Andorra]]
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| mouth_location     = [[La Seu d'Urgell]], [[Spain]]
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| basin_size         = {{convert|592|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   = Valira d'Orient, Madriu
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The '''Gran Valira''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈɡram baˈliɾa}}) is the largest river in [[Andorra]]. It flows through the capital, [[Andorra la Vella]], and exits the country in the south near the Spain&ndash;Andorra road border crossing.

The Gran Valira is a tributary to the [[Segre (river)|Segre]], which in turn is a tributary to the [[Ebro]]. It flows into the Segre in [[La Seu d'Urgell]]. Its main tributaries are the [[Valira d'Orient]], the [[Valira del Nord]] and the [[Riu Madriu|Madriu]]. The Valira river system is {{convert|35|km|mi}} long.<ref>Atlas of Andorra (1991), Andorran Government. {{oclc|801960401}}.  {{in lang|ca}}</ref>

The map service of the Andorran government calls it the Gran Valira. In certain sources, especially those with a Spanish influence such as maps published in Spain, it is sometimes referred to as the Valira because in the territory of Spain there is only one Valira river. In Andorra, however, there are several different Valiras and hence there is a need to distinguish between them.
[[File:Valira01.jpg|Gran Valira flowing through [[Sant Julià de Lòria]]|thumb|none]]

==References==
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{{commons category|Valira (river)}}
{{List of rivers of Europe}}

[[Category:Rivers of Spain]]
[[Category:Rivers of Catalonia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Andorra]]
[[Category:International rivers of Europe]]
[[Category:Lowest points of countries]]

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