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Córdoba
Córdoba (Cordova) City on the River Guadalquivir, Andalusia,
s Spain; capital of Córdoba province. A flourishing centre of learning under Abd ar-Rahman III (first caliph of Córdoba), it was captured by Ferdinand III of Castile in 1236, who imposed Christian culture on the city. The Great Mosque (8th–10th century) is a world heritage site. Industries: tourism, coal and lead mining, engineering. Pop. (1998 est.) 309,961.
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Sevilla y su río. (adecuación urbanística del puerto de Sevilla en el río Guadalquivir, España; Náutica)(TT: Sevilla and its river) (TA: urban adaptation of the port of Sevilla over the Guadalquivir River, Spain; Nautical)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 3/24/1997; 700+ words
; ...Feria, dos lugares emblemticos de Sevilla, nos encontramos el Guadalquivir y en su margen derecha el Muelle de Delicias, espacio del Puerto...muchos yates de todos los tamaos optarn por invernar en aguas del Guadalquivir.
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La derrota del Guadalquivir. (historia, nacionalismos, y la izquierda de hoy; España)(TT: The defeat of Guadalquivir) (TA: history, nationalisms and today's left; Spain)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 12/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; Se fueron tan contentos de vacaciones navideas 180 seoras porque haban derrotado al Guadalquivir y a todos sus afluentes, a los reyes godos y a las Navas de Tolosa, y hasta le haban cortado el brazo bueno a don Miguel de Cervantes...
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Seville's Flood of Improvements; For the Fair, Transforming the Troublesome Guadalquivir
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/18/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...has been troubled by the severe, periodic flooding of the Guadalquivir River that forms its western border. The navigable river...preparations for the world's fair than the reclamation of the Guadalquivir. Stagnant and dammed since World War II, its banks obscured...
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Ballad of Three Rivers/Baladilla de los tres rios.(Poem)
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 9/22/2005; ; 604 words
; ...Rivers for Salvador Quintero The river Guadalquivir winds among orange trees and olive...vanished and never returned! The river Guadalquivir, of garnet whiskers. The two rivers...that vanished and never returned! Guadalquivir, tall tower and wind in the orange...
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Doñana; las salvación de las marismas. (España)(TT: Doñana; the rescue of the marshlands) (TA: Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 6/16/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...la marisma de la margen derecha del Guadalquivir, donde en los aos buenos han llegado...la marisma de las aportaciones del Guadalquivir, al anular el meandro de las Casas...de la Confederacin Hidrogrfica del Guadalquivir, tiene previsto poner en marcha una...
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SEEK OUT SPAIN'S SECRET SIERRA ; Eager to avoid Andalucia's hiking hordes, Robin Barton takes a path less travelled
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 5/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...kayaking. I stay at the excellent Hotel Guadalquivir, run by the knowledgeable Pedro...travels even further: the source of the Guadalquivir River, which bubbles up through the...Atlantic via the Gulf of Cadiz. The Guadalquivir is Spain's third-longest river...
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The ecological origins and consequences of cattle ranching in sixteenth-century New Spain.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Review; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Old World apogee along the lower Rio Guadalquivir of Andalusia, in the seasonally inundated...and as the floodwaters of the Rio Guadalquivir receded each spring, herders drove...round up the semiferal stock before the Guadalquivir flooded and drive them up to the fresh...
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Treading lightly.(The Last Word)(Cordoba, Spain)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 11/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; The Guadalquivir River makes a dramatic loop southward...beheaded, their bodies thrown into the Guadalquivir. Their crime was to declare themselves...the Roman bridge; I have sat by the Guadalquivir where the martyrs' bodies were dumped...
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Real-Time Telemetry of Hydrodynamic and Hydrological Variables
Magazine article from: Sea Technology; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Guadalquivir River Estuary Surveillance Network...Network for Environmental Monitoring The Guadalquivir River is one of the main rivers on...human actions on the dynamics of the Guadalquivir River estuary. In order to reach...
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CONGRESS IN CORDOBA.(Cordoba, Spain)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...shaped tract of land formed by the River Guadalquivir as it flows through the city, the...recover and recolonize the banks of the Guadalquivir. Through its important strategic location...Mezquita, on the opposite bank of the Guadalquivir. The building is enclosed by imperforate...
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Guadalquivir
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Guadalquivir , river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Sierra de Cazorla...The area has a rich variety of plant life. The lower course of the Guadalquivir traverses extensive marshlands (Las Marismas) that are used for rice...
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Spain
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
...except for the flat fertile plain of the Guadalquivir River, is a mountainous region with...Tagus (Tajo), Duero, Guadiana, and Guadalquivir, which flow to the Atlantic, and...the Mediterranean. The Duero and the Guadalquivir form broad valleys and alluvial plains...
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Andalusia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...peak in mainland Spain, Mulhacén (11,417 ft/3,480 m); between the ranges lies the fertile basin of the Guadalquivir River. Economy and People Despite the natural wealth of the region, poverty is widespread; Andalusian farm laborers are...
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Córdoba
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Córdoba ( Cordova ) City on the River Guadalquivir, Andalusia, s Spain; capital of Córdoba province. A flourishing centre of learning under Abd ar-Rahman III (first...
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Utrera
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Utrera , city (1990 pop. 43,006), Seville prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a branch of the Guadalquivir River. It is a rail junction and processing center of a fertile agricultural region. Horses are bred, and bulls are raised for...
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