Ebro

A river in Spain that flows into the Mediterranean.


Aragon

autonomous community
autonomous community

An autonomous community in northeastern Spain. Capital: Zaragoza.

(historical) A medieval kingdom in Spain.


Tagus

A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.


Argos

A river in Murcia, Spain; flowing from Caravaca de la Cruz into the Segura at Calasparra.


Sella

A river in Asturias, starting in the Picos de Europa and flowing into the Bay of Biscay


Guadalquivir

/ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

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وَادِي الكَبِير

From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished.

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 69:


Douro

Borrowed from Portuguese Douro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Durius, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).


Alberche

A river in central Spain, that flows into the Tagus.


Guadiana

en-proper noun

Guadiana (countable and uncountable, plural Guadianas)

/ˌɡwɑːdɪˈɑːnə/

/ˌɡwɑdiˈɑnə/

From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).


Eo

A river in northern Spain, whose estuary marks part of the border between Galicia and Asturias


Henares

A river in Spain, tributary of the Jarama, in the village of Horna, in the province of Guadalajara.


Manzanares

Manzanares (countable and uncountable, plural Manzanareses)

A small river in central Spain, tributary to the Tagus, which flows through Madrid.


Jarama

A river in Spain, passing through Guadalajara and Madrid, which flows into the Tagus at Aranjuez.