The Guadiela is a river in the Iberian Peninsula, a left-bank tributary of the Tagus and the latter's major upper-course tributary.[1][2]
Guadiela | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Region | Castilla–La Mancha |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Fuente Pinilla (Serranía de Cuenca ) |
Mouth | Tagus |
• coordinates | 40°21′45″N 2°48′58″W / 40.3625°N 2.8162°W |
Length | 117 kilometres (73 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tagus→ Atlantic Ocean |
Tagus Basin |
The Guadiela has its source in the Serranía de Cuenca , near Cueva del Hierro,[3] at the Fuente Pinilla site.[4] It flows from East to West for 117 kilometres (73 mi),[2] passing through the Spanish province of Cuenca, emptying into the Tagus at the Bolarque reservoir,[5] on the border between the provinces of Cuenca and Guadalajara. It is dammed upstream by the Buendía reservoir .[1]
It receives the waters from the Cuervo , Guadamejud , Mayor and Trabaque .[2]
The hydronym Guadiela is formed by 'Guad' (of Arabic origin, conveying the meaning of "river") and the '-iela' suffix (a diminutive).[6]
References
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- ^ a b c "Datos geográficos y toponimia". Instituto Geográfico Nacional.
- ^ Gómez de Arteche, José (1859). Geografía histórico-militar de España y Portugal (PDF). Vol. 2. Madrid: Establecimiento Tipográfico de Don Francisco de P. Mellado. p. 316.
- ^ Cava Marco, Maximiliano (2014). "Escaños y fuentes de antaño" (PDF). Revista Mansiegona: 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-28.
- ^ "Page visita este lunes el lugar donde empieza el trasvase Tajo-Segura". Guadalajara Diario. 22 April 2018.
- ^ López de los Mozos Jiménez, José Ramón; Ranz Yubero, José Antonio (2003). "La toponimia en el viaje a la Alcarria y estudio de algunos topónimos menores". Revista de Folklore (266): 55–72. ISSN 0211-1810 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.