Guadiela

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Guadiela
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Guadiela
Location
Country Spain
Region Castilla–La Mancha
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationFuente Pinilla (Serranía de Cuenca  [ es ])
Mouth Tagus
  coordinates
40°21′45″N2°48′58″W / 40.3625°N 2.8162°W / 40.3625; -2.8162
Length117 km (73 mi)
Basin features
Progression TagusAtlantic 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  [ es ], 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  [ es ]. [1]

It receives the waters from the Cuervo  [ es ], Guadamejud  [ es ], Mayor  [ es ] and Trabaque  [ es ]. [2]

The hydronym Guadiela is formed by 'Guad' (of Arabic origin, conveying the meaning of "river") and the '-iela' suffix (a diminutive). [6]

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