- published: 19 Sep 2014
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The Douro (Portuguese: Douro [ˈdowɾu, ˈdoɾu]; Spanish: Duero [ˈdweɾo]; Latin: Durius) is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto.
The name, Latinized Durius, may have come from the Celtic tribes that inhabited the area before Roman times: the Celtic root is *dubro- and in modern Welsh dwr is "water" with cognate dobhar in Irish.
The Douro vinhateiro, an area of the Douro Valley in Portugal, has been classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Traditionally, the wine was taken down river in flat-bottom boats called rabelos to be stored in barrels in cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, just across the river from Porto. In the 1950s and 1960s, dams were built along the river ending this river traffic on Spanish and border sections. Now Port wine is transported in tanker trucks.
It is the third longest river in the Iberian Peninsula after the Tagus and Ebro; its total length is 897 kilometres (557 mi), of which only sections of the Portuguese extension are navigable, by light rivercraft.
Forever... is not long enough...
For everything... you have for... me...
Now this took me by surprise...
I can grasp the best part of my life.
So I waited for the right way to state the stated
Just the other day... We would say forever.
I lost myself... when i saw you...
I took your hand and placed it in mine...
To be with you... forever... here on after...
It wasn't hard for me to figure out...
Security without any doubts.
So I waited for the right way to state the stated
Just the other day... we would say...
Forever... is not long enough...
For everything... you have for... me.
Forever... is not long enough...
For everything... you have for... me.
(Say forever)
I cannot take this in,
I've been dead for far too long as it is,
Take no regrets, instead embrace this,
And we will take our, harmony.
I lost myself... when i saw you...
I took your hand and placed it in mine...