The Guadiela is a river in the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...
, a left-bank tributary of the
Tagus
The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to e ...
and the latter's major upper-course tributary.
The Guadiela has its source in the , near
Cueva del Hierro, at the Fuente Pinilla site. It flows from East to West for ,
passing through the Spanish province of
Cuenca, emptying into the Tagus at the
Bolarque reservoir, on the border between the provinces of Cuenca and
Guadalajara
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. It is dammed upstream by the .
It receives the waters from the , , and .
The
hydronym
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''Guadiela'' is formed by 'Guad' (of Arabic origin, conveying the meaning of "river") and the '-iela' suffix (a
diminutive
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).
References
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Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha
Tributaries of the Tagus