GUADALQUIVIR, a river of Spain, province of Andalucía, the fifth in point of length, and the sixth in the
Guadalupe number and importance of its tributaries in the peninsula. It rises in the Sierras de Alcaráz, Segura and Cazorla, and falls into the ocean by Sanlúcar de Barrameda, after a course of 412 miles. It flows first in a northerly direction, then W., then S.W., and ultimately towards the S., draining a basin of 25,680 square miles. In its course it passes through and drains the four provinces of Jaén, Córdoba, Sevilla, and Cadiz. Its source-spring is 4 miles W. of the town of Quesada, Sierra de Cazorla, province of Jaén.