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The Guadalquivir (pron
Pronunciation

"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect....
 ) is the fifth longest river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 (after the Tagus
Tagus

The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It measures 1,038 kilometers in length, 716 km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon....
, Ebro
Ebro

The Ebro is Spain's most voluminous river. Its source is in Fontibre . It flows through cities such as Miranda de Ebro, Logro?o, Zaragoza, Flix, Tortosa, and Amposta before discharging in a river delta on the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Tarragona ....
, Duero and Guadiana
Guadiana

Guadiana is one of the major rivers of Spain and Portugal. It forms part of the border between the two countries, separating Extremadura and Andalucia from Alentejo and Algarve ....
), and the longest in Andalusia
Andalusia

Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers. It begins at Cañada de las Fuentes in the Cazorla
Cazorla

Cazorla is a city located in the Ja?n , Spain. According to the 2006 census , the city had a population of 8,173 inhabitants.Cazorla lies at an elevation of 836 metres on the western slope of the Sierra de Cazorla....
 mountain range (Jaén
Jaén (province)

Ja?n is a provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ciudad Real , Albacete , Granada and C?rdoba Province, Spain....
), passes through Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain

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 and Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
 and ends at the fishing village of Bonanza
Bonanza, Spain

Bonanza is a port in the city of Sanl?car de Barrameda, in the province of C?diz and the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain....
, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Sanl?car de Barrameda is a city in the northwest of C?diz , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia in southern Spain. Sanl?car is located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir....
, flowing into the Gulf of Cádiz
Gulf of Cadiz

File:Alboran Sea map.pngThe Gulf of C?diz is the arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Cape St. Vincent in Portugal and Cape Trafalgar at the western end of the Strait of Gibraltar....
, in the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. The marsh
Marsh

In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous flood . Typically the water is shallow and features Poaceaees, Juncaceaees, Phragmites, typhas, Cyperaless, and other herbaceous plants....
y lowlands at the river's end are known as "Las Marismas
Las Marismas

Las Marismas is an area of marshy lowlands near the banks of Guadalquivir River, part of Seville , in Western Andalusia , which contains part of the territories of the municipalities of Isla Mayor, Los Palacios y Villafranca, La Puebla del R?o, Villafranco del Guadalquivir, Utrera, Las Cabezas de San Juan and Lebrija....
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The Guadalquivir (pron
Pronunciation

"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect....
 ) is the fifth longest river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 (after the Tagus
Tagus

The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It measures 1,038 kilometers in length, 716 km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon....
, Ebro
Ebro

The Ebro is Spain's most voluminous river. Its source is in Fontibre . It flows through cities such as Miranda de Ebro, Logro?o, Zaragoza, Flix, Tortosa, and Amposta before discharging in a river delta on the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Tarragona ....
, Duero and Guadiana
Guadiana

Guadiana is one of the major rivers of Spain and Portugal. It forms part of the border between the two countries, separating Extremadura and Andalucia from Alentejo and Algarve ....
), and the longest in Andalusia
Andalusia

Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers. It begins at Cañada de las Fuentes in the Cazorla
Cazorla

Cazorla is a city located in the Ja?n , Spain. According to the 2006 census , the city had a population of 8,173 inhabitants.Cazorla lies at an elevation of 836 metres on the western slope of the Sierra de Cazorla....
 mountain range (Jaén
Jaén (province)

Ja?n is a provinces of Spain of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ciudad Real , Albacete , Granada and C?rdoba Province, Spain....
), passes through Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain

viktor chucchuc he sucsuck my dick||-||-|File:Cordoba Water Wheel.jpg|}Cordova is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the C?rdoba ....
 and Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
 and ends at the fishing village of Bonanza
Bonanza, Spain

Bonanza is a port in the city of Sanl?car de Barrameda, in the province of C?diz and the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain....
, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Sanl?car de Barrameda is a city in the northwest of C?diz , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia in southern Spain. Sanl?car is located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir....
, flowing into the Gulf of Cádiz
Gulf of Cadiz

File:Alboran Sea map.pngThe Gulf of C?diz is the arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Cape St. Vincent in Portugal and Cape Trafalgar at the western end of the Strait of Gibraltar....
, in the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. The marsh
Marsh

In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous flood . Typically the water is shallow and features Poaceaees, Juncaceaees, Phragmites, typhas, Cyperaless, and other herbaceous plants....
y lowlands at the river's end are known as "Las Marismas
Las Marismas

Las Marismas is an area of marshy lowlands near the banks of Guadalquivir River, part of Seville , in Western Andalusia , which contains part of the territories of the municipalities of Isla Mayor, Los Palacios y Villafranca, La Puebla del R?o, Villafranco del Guadalquivir, Utrera, Las Cabezas de San Juan and Lebrija....
". It borders Doñana National Park
Doñana National Park

Do?ana National Park , also called Coto de Do?ana, is a national park and wildlife refuge in southwestern Spain....
 reserve.

The Guadalquivir river is the only great navigable
Navigability

A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and slow enough for a Ship to pass and there are no obstructions, like Rock , trees and low bridges....
 river in Spain. Currently it is navigable up as far as Seville, but in Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 times it was navigable to Córdoba.

The ancient city of Tartessos
Tartessos

Tartessos was a harbor city and its surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula , at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. It was mentioned by Herodotus, Strabo in Pliny's Natural History....
 was said to be have been located at the mouth of the Guadalquivir, although its site has not yet been found. Tartessos in Basque language means between seas ((Atlantic and Mediterranean))

Name

The name comes from the Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 al-wadi al-kabir (?????? ??????), 'The Great Valley'. Classical Arabic Wadi is pronounced in present-day Maghreb as Oued. The Phoenicians named the river Baits, later Betis (or Baetis) from Pre-Roman times to the Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Arab Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492....
 period, giving its name to the Hispania Baetica
Hispania Baetica

Hispania Baetica was one of three Imperial Roman provincesin Hispania, . Hispania Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania , and to the northeast by Hispania Tarraconensis....
 Roman province
Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
. An older Celtiberian name was Oba (gold river), leading to the assumption that etymologically Córdoba means city on the Oba (Cart-Oba).

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