Guadiela
Location
CountrySpain
RegionCastilla–La Mancha
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationFuente Pinilla (Serranía de Cuenca)
MouthTagus
  coordinates
40°21′45″N 2°48′58″W / 40.3625°N 2.8162°W / 40.3625; -2.8162
Length117 kilometres (73 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionTagusAtlantic Ocean
Tagus Basin

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]

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

  1. 1 2 Jiménez Aparicio, Benito (1947). "Los pantanos de Entrepeñas y Buendía y su túnel de enlace" (PDF). Revista de Obras Públicas. XCV (2784): 147.
  2. 1 2 3 "Datos geográficos y toponimia". Instituto Geográfico Nacional.
  3. 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.
  4. Cava Marco, Maximiliano (2014). "Escaños y fuentes de antaño" (PDF). Revista Mansiegona: 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-28.
  5. "Page visita este lunes el lugar donde empieza el trasvase Tajo-Segura". Guadalajara Diario. 22 April 2018.
  6. 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.
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