The Turia or Túria[1] is a river in Spain, which has its source in the Montes Universales in the mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico, Teruel province.

To prevent this from happening in the future, a diversion project was devised (Pla Sud in Valencian; Plan Sur in Spanish), completed in 1969, and the river was divided in two at the western city limits near Quart de Poblet.

Not unlike the Los Angeles River, the man-made diversion channel south of the city is often found dry, since water primarily flows during periods of flooding.

Towards the park's eastern end of the river course is the Valencian Music Palace (el Palau de la Música Valenciana).

Marking the park's eastern extreme is Valencia's neo-futuristic architectural and cultural complex, the City of Arts and Sciences, featuring the opera house Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an cinemax/panetarium L'Hemisfèric, the science museum Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, and an oceanographic park L'Oceanogràfic.