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Guadalquivir

657 km from source to mouth · Spain.

SpainSpainFlows into Gulf of Cádiz2nd longest in Spain

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SourceMouthSevilleCórdoba
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

657km

Average flow

160m³/s

Basin

56,978km²

Drop

671m

from 671 m to 0 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

657 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 35 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

671 m0 m
Sierra de Cazorlaat 671 m0 km
Embalse de El Tranco de Beas9.4 km²49 km
Jandulillatributary129 km
Cuadrostributary142 km
Andújar35,610 people225 km
Jándula Rivertributary232 km
San Rafael de Navallana Reservoir6.9 km²320 km
Córdoba323,262 people349 km
Bembézartributary409 km
Guadalbarcartributary453 km
Seville689,423 people537 km
Gulf of Cádizat 0 m657 km
0200400657 km
  1. 0 kmSierra de Cazorlaat 671 m
  2. 11 kmCascada de Linarejos
  3. 25 kmCascada del Charco De La Cuna
  4. 41 kmCascada del Barranco De Los Frailes
  5. 49 kmEmbalse de El Tranco de Beas9.4 km²
  6. 96 kmAguascebas Rivertributary
  7. 96 kmCerezuelo Rivertributary
  8. 118 kmGuadiana Menortributary
  9. 129 kmJandulillatributary
  10. 142 kmCuadrostributary
  11. 152 kmBegíjar3,098 people
  12. 176 kmGuadalimartributary
  13. 185 kmMengibar9,927 people
  14. 188 kmGuadalbullóntributary
  15. 203 kmRumblar Rivertributary
  16. 206 kmVillanueva de la Reina3,373 people
  17. 225 kmAndújar35,610 people
  18. 232 kmJándula Rivertributary
  19. 239 kmMarmolejo7,643 people
  20. 249 kmArroyo Saladotributary
  21. 266 kmYeguas Rivertributary
  22. 268 kmVilla del Río7,407 people
  23. 280 kmMontoro9,436 people
  24. 288 kmArenosotributary
  25. 305 kmEl Carpio4,483 people
  26. 312 kmVillafranca de Córdoba3,799 people
  27. 320 kmSan Rafael de Navallana Reservoir6.9 km²
  28. 327 kmGuadalmellatotributary
  29. 349 kmCórdoba323,262 people
  30. 360 kmGuadajoztributary
  31. 381 kmAlmodóvar del Río7,486 people
  32. 388 kmLa Breña Reservoir3.5 km²
  33. 388 kmGuadiatotributary
  34. 393 kmPosadas7,364 people
  35. 409 kmBembézartributary
  36. 421 kmPalma del Río21,159 people
  37. 426 kmGeniltributary
  38. 426 kmRetortillotributary
  39. 429 kmPeñaflor3,688 people
  40. 453 kmGuadalbarcartributary
  41. 457 kmLora del Río19,352 people
  42. 476 kmAlcolea del Río3,339 people
  43. 479 kmCorbonestributary
  44. 482 kmVillanueva del Río y Minas5,213 people
  45. 484 kmTocina9,067 people
  46. 489 kmRivera de Hueznartributary
  47. 494 kmCantillana10,627 people
  48. 498 kmRiver Viartributary
  49. 499 kmVillaverde del Río6,703 people
  50. 501 kmBrenes12,460 people
  51. 517 kmAlcalá del Río10,869 people
  52. 524 kmLa Rinconada35,928 people
  53. 528 kmLa Algaba16,301 people
  54. 533 kmSantiponce7,561 people
  55. 534 kmPuente del Alamillo
  56. 536 kmCamas28,620 people
  57. 537 kmSeville689,423 people
  58. 537 kmIsabel II Bridge
  59. 539 kmCastilleja de la Cuesta17,150 people
  60. 540 kmTomares22,772 people
  61. 541 kmSan Juan de Aznalfarache23,408 people
  62. 544 kmGelves7,897 people
  63. 549 kmPalomares del Río4,782 people
  64. 552 kmCoria del Río30,657 people
  65. 553 kmPudiotributary
  66. 555 kmLa Puebla del Río11,879 people
  67. 571 kmGuadaíratributary
  68. 620 kmGuadiamartributary
  69. 635 kmSanlúcar de Barrameda68,037 people
  70. 657 kmGulf of Cádizat 0 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 164 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 15 seconds. It drops from 671 m to 0 m, 1.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 56,978 km², about the size of TG. 4.4 million people live in it. Highest water: from December to March; lowest: from June to September. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 113% of a year's flow.

Read more on Wikipedia

Where to start

  • SevilleLargest city on its banks · 689,423 people
  • Seville Airport (SVQ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 10 km from the cityCar hire at SVQ airport (Seville)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water11 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From April to June and from September to OctoberThe best months to visit

Guadalquivir, month by month

Highest water: from December to March

Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from April to June and from September to October.

580
9°67 mmJan
560
11°64 mmFeb
530
13°73 mmMar
430
16°53 mmApr
310
19°39 mmMay
150
24°13 mmJun
62
28°2 mmJul
23
27°3 mmAug
35
24°20 mmSep
170
19°62 mmOct
350
14°68 mmNov
530
10°76 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 23 m³/s in the lowest month to 580 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

Guadalquivir: the basin in numbers

56,430 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

DammedReservoirs can hold 113% of a year's flow: much of the river is a chain of lakes.
  • 4.4millionpeople live in the basin
  • 79/km²people per km²
  • 559maverage altitude of the basin
  • 566mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 15.8°Caverage air temperature
  • 18%protected areas
  • 0.4%covered by lakes
  • 6.8km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 18% Forest
  • 52% Cropland
  • 10% Pasture
  • 3% 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

Guadalquivir: what you find on the way

  • 33DamsPresa del Tranco, Presa Puente de la Cerrada, Presa de Doña Aldonza and 30 more
  • 20Weirs
  • 8LocksNueva Esclusa and 7 more
  • 6WaterfallsCascada Goterones, Cascada de Linarejos, Cascada del Águila and 3 more
  • 6Ferry piersGuadalquivir Este, Coria del Río, Cruce del río Guadalquivir (Sanlúcar) and 3 more
  • 5MarinasPuerto Gelves, Real Fernando Boat, Puerto de Bonanza and 2 more
  • 1River beachesPlaya de Malandar

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.2 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Guadalquivir 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.

  • 3waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
  • 3lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 20beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
  • 8mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Waterfalls (3)

On the river, by Cascadyas

  1. Cascada de Linarejoskm 10
  2. Cascada del Charco De La Cunakm 22
  3. Cascada del Barranco De Los Fraileskm 36

Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗

Lakes and reservoirs (3)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Embalse de El Tranco de Beaskm 449.4km²
  2. San Rafael de Navallana Reservoirkm 2836.9km²
  3. La Breña Reservoirkm 3433.5km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Beaches (20)

At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya

  1. Playa de Santa Catalina23 km away23.2°C
  2. La Playa de Regla11 km away23.2°C
  3. Playa de Malandar2.9 km away23.2°C
  4. Playa del Guapo9.1 km away23.2°C
  5. Platja Matanda19 km away23.2°C
  6. Playa de la Luz19 km away23.2°C
  7. Playa de Punta Candor18 km away23.2°C
  8. Playa del Bajokm 56223.2°C

12 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

Mountains at the source (8)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Pico Cabañas3.2 km away · prominence 575 m2,026m
  2. Rayal Peak6.0 km away1,834m
  3. Sierra del Pozo8.0 km away
  4. Peña de Quesada12 km away
  5. Loma del Rayal4.3 km away
  6. La Cabrilla14 km away
  7. Sierra Castril12 km away
  8. Cerro de Cuenca9.6 km away

Open Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Guadalquivir: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Guadalquivir: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth32 km across

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

Guadalquivir in pictures

Puente del Alamillo Guadalquivir Seville Spain
Jebulon · CC0
Nacimiento del Guadalquivir 1
Edmundo Sáez · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nacimiento del Guadalquivir 3
Edmundo Sáez · CC BY-SA 4.0
Puente Cristo de la Expiracion Guadalquivir Seville Spain
Jebulon · CC0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

Tributaries (32)

GenilSpainSpain358 km40 m³/sjoins at km 377

Also: Guadaíra, Guadiamar, Guadiana Menor, Guadalimar, Guadiato, Guadajoz, Corbones, Guadalbullón, Guadalmellato, River Viar, Cerezuelo River, Jándula River, Bembézar, Cañamares, Borosa River, Torres river, Rumblar River, Rivera de Hueznar, Yeguas River, Retortillo, Jandulilla, Arenoso, Cuadros, Aguamulas River

Nearby

Rivers nearby

GuadaleteSpainSpain159 km20 m³/s26 km awayGuadianaPortugalPortugal778 km70 m³/s103 km awayTinto RiverSpainSpain100 km14 m³/s70 km awayGenilSpainSpain358 km40 m³/s134 km awayGuadalhorceSpainSpain166 km8.0 m³/s170 km awayLoukkos RiverMoroccoMorocco176 km50 m³/s178 km awaySado RiverPortugalPortugal180 km40 m³/s267 km awaySebou RiverMoroccoMorocco458 km140 m³/s283 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q14309) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesCascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

The family

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mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit
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