River
Guadalete
159 km from source to mouth · Spain.
SpainFlows into Bay of Cádiz
In numbers
Length
159km
Average flow
20m³/s
Basin
3,360km²
Drop
289m
from 283 m to -6 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
159 km of river and 12 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 283 m
- 22 kmChorrero150 m
- 36 kmUbrique16,979 people
- 51 kmLos Hurones Reservoir4.2 km²
- 69 kmAlgar1,637 people
- 85 kmGuadalcacín Reservoir17 km²
- 94 kmPuente metálico de San Miguel sobre el Río Guadalete
- 102 kmMajaceitetributary
- 107 kmPuente de La Barca sobre el Río Guadalete
- 107 kmSan Patricio Bridge
- 134 kmPuente de la Cartuja
- 141 kmviaduct of El Portal
- 158 kmEl Puerto de Santa María88,364 people
- 159 kmBay of Cádizat -6 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Spain
At the mouth it carries 20 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 124 seconds. It drops from 283 m to -6 m, 1.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,360 km², about the size of CV. 333,000 people live in it. Highest water: from December to January; lowest: from June to September. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 215% of a year's flow.
Where to start
- El Puerto de Santa MaríaLargest city on its banks · 88,364 people
- Jerez Airport (XRY)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 23 km from the cityCar hire at XRY airport (Jerez de la Frontera)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water11 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Guadalete, month by month
Highest water: from December to January
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 2.5 m³/s in the lowest month to 66 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Guadalete: the basin in numbers
3,386 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 333,000people live in the basin
- 99/km²people per km²
- 293maverage altitude of the basin
- 710mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 16.5°Caverage air temperature
- 20%protected areas
- 1.4%covered by lakes
- 1.4km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 22% Forest
- 47% Cropland
- 15% Pasture
- 5% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Guadalete: what you find on the way
- 2Weirs
- 7Boat ramps
- 2Ferry piersTerminal Marítima Metropolitana de El Puerto de Santa María
- 2MarinasReal Club Náutico de El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Sherry
- 3River beachesLa Puntilla, Playa de Valdelagrana, Dunas de San Antón
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Guadalete in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
29beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
20mountains at the sourcePeakyas
3islands off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Chorrerokm 18150m
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Los Hurones Reservoirkm 414.2km²
- Guadalcacín Reservoirkm 6817km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (29)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Playa de Valdegranakm 12723.2°C
- Playa de la Puntillakm 12723.2°C
- Playa Santa María del Mar8.5 km away23.2°C
- Playa de Santa Catalina3.9 km away23.2°C
- La Playa de Regla24 km away23.2°C
- Playa del Guapo24 km away23.2°C
- Platja Matanda11 km away23.2°C
- Playa de la Luz14 km away23.2°C
21 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (20)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Simancon Peak2.6 km away1,566m
- Reloj Peak2.8 km away1,539m
- Navazo Alto6.4 km away1,395m
- Ventana peak12 km away1,298m
- Malaver13 km away1,122m
- Pico Silla11 km away920m
- Sierra del Endrinal1.1 km away
- Sierra de Libar11 km away
12 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (3)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Isla del Trocadero7.8 km away5.2km²
- Isla de León15 km away
- Islote de Sancti Petri23 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Guadalete in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (2)
Also: Majaceite, Guadalporcún
Nearby
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Morocco176 km50 m³/s154 km awayGuadalhorceSpain166 km8.0 m³/s159 km awaySebou RiverMorocco458 km140 m³/s260 km awayBou RegregMorocco240 km23 m³/s289 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q17812) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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