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GUADALQUIVIR (ancient Baetis, Moorish Wadi al Kebir, "the Great River ")

GUADALQUIVIR (See also:
ANCIENT
ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)
ancient Baetis, Moorish See also:
WADI
Wadi al Kebir, "the See also:
GREAT
Great See also:
RIVER
River ") , a river of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

Spain. What is regarded as the See also:

main stream rises 4475 ft. above See also:

sea-level between the Sierra de Cazorla and Sierra del Pozo, in the See also:

province of See also:

JAEN

Jaen. It does not become a large river until it is joined by the See also:

GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)

Guadiana Menor (Guadianamenor) on the See also:

LEFT

left, and the Guadalimar on the right. See also:

LOWER

Lower down it receives many tributaries, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief being the Genil or Jenil, from the left. The See also:

general, direction of the river is See also:

west by See also:

south, but a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles above See also:

Seville it changes to south by west. Below Coria it traverses the See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of broad See also:

FENS

fens known as See also:

Las Marismas, the greatest See also:

AREA

area of swamp in the Iberian See also:

Peninsula. Here it forms two subsidiary channels, the western 31 M., the eastern 12 M. See also:

long, which rejoin the main stream on the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of the province of See also:

Cadiz. Below Sanlilcar the river enters the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic after a See also:

TOTAL

total course of 36o m. It drains an area of 21,865 sq. m. Though the shortest of the great See also:

rivers of the peninsula, it is the only one which flows at all seasons with a full stream, being red in See also:

winter by the rains, in summer by the melted snows of the Sierra See also:

Nevada. In the See also:

time of the See also:

Moors it was navigable up to See also:

Cordova, but owing to the See also:

ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of silt in its lower reaches it is now only navigable up to Seville by vessels of r 200 to 1500 tons.

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