Guadalupe (Spain)

Guadalupe (Río Guadalupe)

Guadiana basin

The watershed of the Guadiana
Other name(s) Guadalupejo
Country Spain
Basin features
Main source Sierra de Villuercas,
Cáceres Province
Extremadura
1,157 m (3,796 ft)
River mouth Garcia de Sola Dam, Guadiana
Valdecaballeros municipality, Badajoz Province
391 m (1,283 ft)
39°14′15″N 5°8′58″W / 39.23750°N 5.14944°W / 39.23750; -5.14944Coordinates: 39°14′15″N 5°8′58″W / 39.23750°N 5.14944°W / 39.23750; -5.14944
Progression Guadiana - Atlantic Ocean
River system Guadiana
Physical characteristics
Length 40.56 km (25.20 mi)

The Guadalupe or Guadalupejo river (Spanish: Río Guadalupe) is a right hand tributary of the Guadiana, in Spain.

Course

The Guadalupe has its sources in the Sierra de Villuercas near Guadalupe, giving its name to the town, and by extension to the monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe.

It flows southwards into the Guadiana at the Garcia de Sola Dam, barely 1.5 km east of Valdecaballeros. There is an abandoned nuclear power plant, the Valdecaballeros Nuclear Power Plant, as well as a small dam near its mouth.[1]

Etymology

The name is believed to be derived from the Arabic phrase وادي اللب, "Wad-al-lubb" ("hidden river"), because the river narrows down as it flows near to the town of Guadalupe.

An alternate etymological explanation which is commonly found on the internet states that the name may have derived from the Arabic word for "valley" or "river" (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning wolf.[2]

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