Guadiamar
| Guadiamar | |
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 Guadiamar near Sanlúcar la Mayor. | |
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The Guadiamar is a river of Andalusia, Spain, and a tributary of the Guadalquivir. Its course runs entirely within the Province of Seville, flowing from Sierra Morena through the eastern border of Doñana National Park. Its source is in Dehesa del Moral in Zufre, and the river goes through Gerena, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Olivares, Benacazón and Aznalcázar.[1]
The river's water system is managed by the Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir.[2]
Mining disaster
[edit]On 25 April 1998, the company Boliden AB was responsible for a major ecological disaster in Spain, when a reservoir of toxic waste near the town of Aznalcóllar, owned by its subsidiary Boliden-Apirsa, broke and spilled its contents into the Agrio River, the main tributary of the Guadiamar. Both rivers became severally contaminated with heavy metals. To recover the ecological diversity of the area, the Corredor Verde del Guadiamar was created, a wildlife corridor which connects Sierra Morena with Doñana.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "El Guadiamar roza los 500 litros en este año hidrológico, que van directos a Doñana". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "La Junta solicita al Estado que desembalse para que los rocieros pasen el río Guadiamar con agua". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "Thanks to EU laws and money, Coto Doñana rises from disaster". theecologist.org. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ "Del negro Guadiamar al rojo Danubio | Andalucía-Sevilla | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
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36°54′12″N 6°20′05″W / 36.90333°N 6.33472°W
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