The Guadiela is a river in the

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, a left-bank tributary of the

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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

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. It is dammed upstream by the . It receives the waters from the , , and . The

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''Guadiela'' is formed by 'Guad' (of Arabic origin, conveying the meaning of "river") and the '-iela' suffix (a

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{{authority control Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha Tributaries of the Tagus