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The Guadalquivir River

The Guadalquivir river

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Page 1: The Guadalquivir river

The Guadalquivir River

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The Greeks called me Tartessos river

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The Romans called me Betis

AveBetis

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The Arabs called me Guadalquivir (The Great River)

الوادي الكبير

al-wadi al-Kabir = الوادي الكبير

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I am born in Sierra de Cazorla (Jaén)

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I am666 km long…

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...and I have dozens of bridges

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I am the only Spanish big river whose course ...

...flows entirely through one autonomous community (Andalusia)

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I flow through the provinces of Jaén, Córdoba, Seville and Cádiz

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I flow through cities

such asCÓRDOBA

and

SEVILLA

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My main tributary is the Genil river,

which is born in Sierra Nevada

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Many types of fish live in my waters:

trout, barbel, black blass, sturgeon, pike, carp ...

TROUTBARBEL

BLACK

BASSSTURGEON

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On my banks there are oleanders, rush, reeds, mint, alders, ash trees, poplars, willows ...

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At Sanlúcar de Barrameda my waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean

Text and Photo Selection: Rafael Jiménez Design: Rafael Martínez