The Guadalquivir river

The Guadalquivir River

The Greeks called me Tartessos river

The Romans called me Betis

AveBetis

The Arabs called me Guadalquivir (The Great River)

الوادي الكبير

al-wadi al-Kabir = الوادي الكبير

I am born in Sierra de Cazorla (Jaén)

I am666 km long…

...and I have dozens of bridges

I am the only Spanish big river whose course ...

...flows entirely through one autonomous community (Andalusia)

I flow through the provinces of Jaén, Córdoba, Seville and Cádiz

I flow through cities

such asCÓRDOBA

and

SEVILLA

My main tributary is the Genil river,

which is born in Sierra Nevada

Many types of fish live in my waters:

trout, barbel, black blass, sturgeon, pike, carp ...

TROUTBARBEL

BLACK

BASSSTURGEON

On my banks there are oleanders, rush, reeds, mint, alders, ash trees, poplars, willows ...

At Sanlúcar de Barrameda my waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean

Text and Photo Selection: Rafael Jiménez Design: Rafael Martínez