The Guadalfeo is a small river in the province of Granada , Spain between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the coastal ranges of Sierra de la Contraviesa and Lújar .
6-617: This river is formed by the merging of three rivers, the Rio Poqueira , Río Trevélez , and Cádiar . The Poqueira and the Trevélez join shortly before the confluence with the Cádiar near the town of Órgiva . The river flows through the region of La Alpujarra for much of its course and enters the Mediterranean Sea between Salobreña and Motril after passing through a spectacular gorge between
12-637: A small wetland, the Charca de Suárez. This article about a location in the province of Granada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rio Poqueira The Poqueira is a river in La Alpujarra region in the province of Granada , in Spain . It is formed by the confluence of streams that rise near
18-536: The Lújar and Chaparal mountains. The Rules dam was recently built across the river near Vélez de Benaudalla at the head of the gorge, resulting in the creation of a large reservoir and the flooding of a section of the river valley. The canalised river is often dried up by the time it reaches the delta, but it supports the Motril-Salobreña aquifer , the waters of which are used for agricultural purposes and maintain
24-527: The hillsides the terraces created by the Moors can still be seen, though now they mostly lie uncultivated, and the channels also built by the Moors still bring water to the villages and terraces. The higher part of the valley lies within the Sierra Nevada National Park, the lower part within a Natural Park; and the valley with its villages has been declared a "Conjunto Historico". The Poqueira valley
30-486: The river, there is another hydro-electric installation, and just before the Poqueira river joins the Trevélez, at the narrowest point, there is a third - deep in the gorge and invisible from above. High on the eastern side lie the villages of Capileira , Bubión and Pampaneira which have become noted touristic attractions: they are of Moorish origin, with narrow, winding streets, flat roofs, characteristic chimney-pots... On
36-594: The summit of Mulhacén , the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The river cuts through a dramatic gorge, then joins the Río Trevélez shortly before flowing into the Río Guadalfeo . Near the confluence there is a hydro-electric station, with the associated abandoned settlement of La Cebadilla, built to house the workers. At Pampaneira, near the bridge by which the main road from Órgiva and Lanjarón crosses
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