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Guadalquivir

American  
[gwah-thahl-kee-veer] / ˌgwɑ ðɑl kiˈvir /

noun

  1. a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.


Guadalquivir British  
/ ɡwaðalkiˈβir, ˌɡwɑːdəlkwɪˈvɪə /

noun

  1. the chief river of S Spain, rising in the Sierra de Segura and flowing west and southwest to the Gulf of Cádiz: navigable by ocean-going vessels to Seville. Length: 560 km (348 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Up to 200,000 fibers per km2 were found in surface waters near Barcelona, and up to 20,000 fibers per day flowed down the Guadalquivir River.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2023

“We thought it would come later in May or in June,” Manuel Suárez Fernández, who works in a pub on the bank of the Guadalquivir River, said in a phone interview.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2023

Reservoirs in the Guadalquivir basin are only at 25% of capacity.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2023

The Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation certified earlier this month that water in the Sierra Boyera mountain range had been exhausted, the first time in 40 years that a reservoir in Cordoba has dried out.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2023

The Guadalquivir, rolling and eddying in a wide bed, takes its tint from the light soil and sand, and is always turbid, as though in spate.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

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