| Guadalquivir | |
| الوادي الكبير | |
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 Guadalquivir River in Coria del Río
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| Name origin: = from wadi al-kabir, "great valley" in Arabic | |
| Country | Spain |
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| Region | Andalucia |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Guadiana Menor, Guadalbullón, Guadajoz, Genil, Corbones, Guadaira |
| - right | Guadalimar, Jándula, Yeguas, Guadalmellato, Guadiato, Bembézar, Viar, Rivera de Huelva, Guadiamar |
| Cities | Córdoba, Sevilla |
| Source | Cañada de las Fuentes |
| - location | Cazorla Mountains, Jaén |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
| - location | Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
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| Length | 657 km (408 mi) |
| Basin | 56,978 km² (21,999 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Seville |
| - average | 164. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Coria del Río is a small town near Seville, on the shores of Guadalquivir river. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area The Genil River is the main (left tributary of the river Guadalquivir in Andalusia, Spain. The Guadaíra is a river that runs through the province of Seville in Andalusia, southern Spain. The Guadiamar is a river of Andalusia, Spain, and a tributary of the Guadalquivir. ||-||-||} Córdoba ( Cordova in English is a City in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain. Jaén is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain. 3 m³/s (5,802 cu ft/s) |
 Localisation of the Guadalquivir
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| Website: Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir | |
The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in Spain (after the Tagus, Ebro, Douro and Guadiana), and the longest in Andalucía. CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Tagus ( Latin Tagus, Spanish Tajo, Portuguese Tejo, pron. The Ebro ( Ebre) is Spain 's most voluminous river Its source is in Fontibre ( Cantabria) The Douro or Duero ( Latin: Durius, Spanish: Duero, Portuguese: Douro, pron. Guadiana (Wadi Ana Anas Guadiana Guadiana pron. gwɐdi'ɐnɐ or Odiana) is one of the major Rivers of Spain and Portugal Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers. It begins at Cañada de las Fuentes in the Cazorla mountain range (Jaén), passes through Córdoba and Sevilla and ends at the fishing village of Bonanza, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, flowing into the Gulf of Cádiz, in the Atlantic Ocean. Cazorla is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 Census ( INE) the city Jaén (جيان: Jayyān is a city in south-central Spain, the name is probably derived from the Arabic word Jayyan (crossroads of caravans ||-||-||} Córdoba ( Cordova in English is a City in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain. Sanlúcar de Barrameda (or simply Sanlúcar) is a city in the northwest of Cádiz province, part of the autonomous community of Andalucía in The Gulf of Cádiz (in Spanish: Golfo de Cádiz) is the arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Cape St The marshy lowlands at the river's end are known as "Las Marismas". In Geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of Wetland which is subject Las Marismas ( Spanish language: The Marshes) is an area of marshy lowlands near the banks of Guadalquivir River, part of Seville province, in It borders Doñana National Park reserve. Doñana National Park (Parque Nacional de Doñana also called Coto de Doñana, is a National park and Wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain
The Guadalquivir river is the only great navigable river in Spain. A body of water such as a River, Canal or Lake, is navigable if it is deep wide and slow enough for a vessel to pass and there are no obstructions like Currently it is navigable up as far as Seville, but in Roman times it was navigable to Córdoba. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC
The ancient city of Tartessos was said to be have been located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir, although its site has not yet been found. Tartessos (also Tartessus) was a harbor city and its surrounding culture on the south coast of the Tartessos in Basque language means between seas ((Atlantic and Mediterranean))
Name
The name comes from the Arabic al-wādi al-kabīr (الوادي الكبير), 'The Great Valley'. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Classical arabic Wadi is pronounced in present-day Maghreb as Oued, etimologically wadi coincides with kelt gwâ-dodh, ((sediment,place to wade through a river)), like the Dutch Wad, Waddenzee ((wading through the sea at low tide)). The Phoenicians named the river Baits, later Betis (or Baetis) from Pre-Roman times to the Al-Andalus period, giving its name to the Hispania Baetica Roman province. Al-Andalus (الأندلس was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims or Hispania Baetica was one of three Imperial Roman provinces in Hispania, (modern Iberia) In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin provincia, pl provinciae) was the basic and until the Tetrarchy (circa An older keltiberian name was Oba ((gold river)), leading to the assumption that etimologically Cordoba means city on the Oba ((Cart-Oba)).
Image gallery
 Guadalquivir river, Córdoba |
 Guadalquivir and old Roman Bridge, Córdoba |
 Guadalquivir River in Coria del Río, Seville (navigable) |
 Guadalquivir and Quinto Centenario Bridge, Seville |
 Cormorants in lower Guadalquivir (Doñana National Park) |
 Guadalquivir river basin |
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