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The Guadalupe or Guadalupejo river (Spanish: Río Guadalupe) is a right hand tributary of the Guadiana, in Spain. The Francization of the toponym gave its name to the Guadeloupe island in the Caribbeans.

Guadalupe (Río Guadalupe) Guadalupejo
The watershed of the Guadiana
Location
Country	Spain
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sierra de Villuercas, Cáceres Province Extremadura
• elevation	1,157 m (3,796 ft)
Mouth
• location	Garcia de Sola Dam, Guadiana Valdecaballeros municipality, Badajoz Province
• coordinates	39°14′15″N 5°8′58″W
• elevation	391 m (1,283 ft)
Length	40.56 km (25.20 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Guadiana - Atlantic Ocean
River system	Guadiana

Course

The Guadalupe has its sources in the Sierra de Villuercas near Guadalupe, giving its name to the town, and by extension to the monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe.

It flows southwards into the Guadiana at the Garcia de Sola Dam, barely 1.5 km east of Valdecaballeros. There is an abandoned nuclear power plant, the Valdecaballeros Nuclear Power Plant, as well as a small dam near its mouth.[1]

Etymology

The name is believed to be derived from the Arabic phrase وادي اللب, "Wadee-al-lubb" ("hidden river"), because the river narrows down as it flows near to the town of Guadalupe.^{[citation needed]}

An alternate etymological explanation which is commonly found on the internet states that the name may have derived from the Arabic word for "valley" or "river" (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning wolf.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Spain

References

External link

Media related to Guadalupe River (Spain) at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Guadalupe (Spain)

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[es] Río Guadalupe

El río Guadalupe o Guadalupejo es un corto afluente del río Guadiana. Discurre por la provincia española de Cáceres.

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