Guadalupe (Spain)
The Guadalupe or Guadalupejo river (Spanish: Río Guadalupe) is a right hand tributary of the Guadiana, in Spain. The Francization of the toponym gave its name to the Guadeloupe island in the Caribbeans.
| Guadalupe (Río Guadalupe) Guadalupejo | |
|---|---|
 The watershed of the Guadiana | |
| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sierra de Villuercas, Cáceres Province Extremadura |
| • elevation | 1,157 m (3,796 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Garcia de Sola Dam, Guadiana Valdecaballeros municipality, Badajoz Province |
• coordinates | 39°14′15″N 5°8′58″W |
• elevation | 391 m (1,283 ft) |
| Length | 40.56 km (25.20 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Guadiana - Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Guadiana |
Course
The Guadalupe has its sources in the Sierra de Villuercas near Guadalupe, giving its name to the town, and by extension to the monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe.
It flows southwards into the Guadiana at the Garcia de Sola Dam, barely 1.5 km east of Valdecaballeros. There is an abandoned nuclear power plant, the Valdecaballeros Nuclear Power Plant, as well as a small dam near its mouth.[1]
Etymology
The name is believed to be derived from the Arabic phrase وادي اللب, wādī al-lubb, 'hidden river', or "river of the core", because the river narrows down as it flows near to the town of Guadalupe.
An alternative etymological explanation, which is commonly found on the internet, states that the name may have derived from the Arabic word for 'valley' or 'river' (wadi) and the Latin word lupus, meaning 'wolf'.[2]
Another possibility is that it comes from وادي الحب, wādī al-hubb, meaning "River of Love".
See also
References
- "Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad Río Guadalupejo". Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- "St. Louis - News - The Mexican explains why Our Lady of Guadalupe is Muslim, sorta". Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
