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Guadalete

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Guadalete ([ɡwaðaˈlete]) is a river located almost entirely in the Spanish Province of Cádiz, rising in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park at an elevation of about 1,000 metres (3, 300 ft), and running for 172 kilometres (107 mi) into the Bay of Cádiz at El Puerto de Santa Maria, north of the city of Cádiz. The river's name comes from the Arabic phrase (Wadi lakath) meaning "River of Forgetfulness".

Flows through: Spain.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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