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The Guadarrama is a river in Spain. A tributary of the Tagus, the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula, Guadarrama has its source in the Siete Picos, part of the Sierra de Guadarrama, in the Community of Madrid, in the central part of the country, at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,200 ft).

Guadarrama
Río Guadarrama. Community of Madrid, Spain
Path of the Guadarrama
Location
CountrySpain
RegionCommunity of Madrid
Castilla-La Mancha
Province of Toledo
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSiete Picos (Sierra de Guadarrama)
  elevation1,900 m (6,200 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Tagus
  elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Length131.80 km (81.90 mi)
Basin size1,708 km2 (659 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionTagus→ Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries 
  leftAulencia

Course


The Guadarrama flows from north to south for 131.80 kilometres (81.90 mi) through the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha and the Province of Toledo, where it empties into the Tagus.

Aerial view of where the Guadarrama joins the Tagus
Aerial view of where the Guadarrama joins the Tagus

Its middle course is a protected area within the Regional Park of the Middle Course of the Guadarrama River and Its Surroundings (Spanish: Parque Regional del curso medio del río Guadarrama y su entorno), which is one of the three regional parks within the Community of Madrid.[1] The basin area is about 1,708 square kilometres (659 sq mi) Its main tributary is the Aulencia River, which flows entirely within the Community of Madrid and supplies water to the reservoir of Valmayor.


References


  1. "Parque Regional del curso medio del río Guadarrama y su entorno" [Regional Park of the Middle Course of the Guadarrama River and Its Surroundings] (in Spanish). madrid.org.




На других языках


[de] Guadarrama (Fluss)

Der Río Guadarrama (vom arabischen وادي الرمل / Wādī r-raml) ist ein ca. 132 km langer Nebenfluss des Tajo in Zentralspanien mit einem Einzugsgebiet von ungefähr 1.708 km². Er durchquert zumeist in Nord-Süd-Richtung die autonome Gemeinschaft Madrid und die Provinz Toledo in der autonomen Region Kastilien-La Mancha.
- [en] Guadarrama (river)

[it] Guadarrama (fiume)

Il fiume Guadarrama è un affluente del Tago, che nasce nella comunità di Madrid, in Spagna, comunità autonoma che attraversa nel suo corso alto e medio. Il suo basso corso interessa la provincia di Toledo, dove sbocca nel Tago dopo aver percorso 131,8 chilometri. Nasce nella Valle de la Fuenfría, a circa 1.900 m di altitudine, all'interno del territorio municipale di Cercedilla (comunità di Madrid), sul versante meridionale della Sierra de Guadarrama (Sistema Centrale). Attraversa le due provincie con un percorso in direzione essenzialmente nord-sud.

[ru] Гвадаррама (река)

Гвадарра́ма (исп. Río Guadarrama) — река в Центральной Испании.



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