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The Cigüela or Gigüela is a 225 km long river in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, tributary to the Guadiana. Its source is near the village Puerto de Cabrejas, Iberian System, Cuenca Province. The Cigüela along with the Záncara, its main tributary, is the main water source for the Tablas de Daimiel wetlands. Other tributaries are the Jualón, Torrejón, the Valdejudíos and the Amarguillo.

Key facts

River.name
Cigüela
River.image
Rio Ciguela. Villarta de San Juan..JPG
River.image_caption
The Cigüela near Villarta de San Juan
River.map
Cigüela.png
River.source1_location
Puerto de Cabrejas, Cuenca Province()
River.mouth_location
Guadiana
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Spain

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Spain
Image
Rio Ciguela. Villarta de San Juan..JPG
Length
225
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Commons category
Cigüela River
mouth of the watercourse
Guadiana
watershed area
11970
tributary
Záncara
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Encyclopedic overview

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The Cigüela or Gigüela is a 225 km long river in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, tributary to the Guadiana. Its source is near the village Puerto de Cabrejas, Iberian System, Cuenca Province. The Cigüela along with the Záncara, its main tributary, is the main water source for the Tablas de Daimiel wetlands. Other tributaries are the Jualón, Torrejón, the Valdejudíos and the Amarguillo.

Záncara River flows into the Cigüela from the left near the Ojos del Guadiana, Villarrubia de los Ojos municipal term. There are authors though that claim that it is the Cigüela that flows into the Záncara.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cigüela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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