Guadalén River

Description

The Guadalimar River is a river in the south of Spain, a tributary of the Guadalquivir River that is born at the foot of the Sarga peak (1770 m.), in the Alcaraz Sierra, in the province of Albacete, resulting from the confluence of several streams in the surroundings of Villaverde de Guadalimar. It provides its waters to the Guadalquivir in the municipality of Jabalfifth (Jaén province).

It receives from the right to the rivers Onsares, Guadalmena and Guadalén. On the left to the rivers Cotillas, Arroyo Frio, Carrizas, Morles, Trujala and the creek of Peñolite. On its way through the Sierra de Segura.

In Roman times it was called the Tago, Tagus or Tugio River, just as its birth was the Sierra de Tugia. Its Arabic name "wad al-ihmar" means "red river," which is curiously as it is called in the area, by the red color of its waters.