The Guadarranque () is a short coastal
river of Spain in the
Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
n ''comarca'' of
Campo de Gibraltar in the
province of Cádiz
Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of ...
. It is impounded to form the
Embalse de Guadarranque. Its name is derived from the Arab ''
Wadi Ramke'' or "river of
mares". The Guadarrranque, long, rises in the monte de Castellar, a short distance from the city of
Castellar Viejo, and empties into the
Bay of Algeciras.
The
Guadarranque solar power plant () is a
photovoltaic solar power plant in the Guadarranque industrial park, named after the river, in
San Roque, Cádiz.
This river should not be confused with the other
Guadarranque River in the
Montes de Toledo.
Desde Guadalupe por las Villuercas
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References
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of Andalusia
Landforms of the Province of Cádiz
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