The Guadiana Basin

The Guadiana is a transboundary basin whose water resources are shared by Spain and Portugal. The river rises in the Spanish province of Cuenca and flows 778km first in a westerly direction, then south into the Gulf of Cadiz near the Portuguese port of Vila Real de Santo António (Figure 6.1). It dra...

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Published inThe Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook pp. 103 - 115
Main Authors Llamas, M.R., Varela-Ortega, C., de la Hera, A., Aldaya, M.M., Villarroya, F., Martínez-Santos, P., Blanco-Gutiérrez, I.M.M., Carmona-García, G., Esteve-Bengoechea, P., De Stefano, L., Hernández-Mora, N., Zorrilla, P.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2010
Edition1
Subjects
Account Climate
Intensive Pumping
Albufeira Convention
Agro Economic Model
IWRM
Wetland Ecosystems
Water Efficient Crops
Agri Environmental Programs
AWM
Good Ecological Status
Water Footprint
Adaptive Water Management
EU Water Framework Directive
Groundwater Bodies
Tablas De Daimiel National Park
Transboundary Basin
Aral Sea
Guadiana Basin
Guadiana River Basin
Ministry Of The Environment
BBNs
Aquifer Recovery
Numerical Groundwater Model
MTF
Portuguese Port
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Summary:The Guadiana is a transboundary basin whose water resources are shared by Spain and Portugal. The river rises in the Spanish province of Cuenca and flows 778km first in a westerly direction, then south into the Gulf of Cadiz near the Portuguese port of Vila Real de Santo António (Figure 6.1). It drains an area of 66,800km2 of which 11,580km2 (17 per cent) lies in Portugal. Within NeWater, work has concentrated on the Spanish side of the basin, although not exclusively.
ISBN:9781844077922
1844077926
DOI:10.4324/9781315065984-6