Place · river

Júcar

Also known as Xúquer, Sucro

The Júcar (Xúquer in Valencian) is a river of eastern Spain, about 500 kilometres long, rising in the Montes Universales and flowing through the province of Cuenca and across the Valencian plain to the Mediterranean at Cullera. Known in antiquity as the Sucro, it marked the southern limit of the Edetani. Its waters irrigate the orange groves and rice fields of Valencia.

Júcar
Image: 19Tarrestnom65 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

EdetaniOlcades

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Júcar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jucar
MLA
“Júcar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jucar. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Júcar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jucar.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Júcar’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jucar (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻