Talk:Guadiana

Also name
Respondig to the previous entry, Odiana is not a vernacule form. It is rather the correct Portuguese form, according to the systemic orthography rules of portuguese. The prefix "Guadi/Odi" both derive from the Arabic "Wadi" meaning roughly "river". If one notices it, that prefix "Wadi" in Castillian/Spanish is always transliterated as Guadi(e), therefore you have Spanish Rivers called Guadalete, Guadalquivir, Guadelupe, and so forth; But in Portuguese is gave origin to "Odi", therefore you have Portuguese rivers named Odeleite, Odiáxere, Odeceixe, and so forth. Logically, and applying the same rules, in Portuguese it is supposed to be "Odiana", not "Guadiana", which is a foreign form. However in practice that is not the case, and the form "Guadiana" is the current form and most Portuguese would not even had heard of the "Odiana" form, which is somewhat archaic, thereafter. This is so possibly due to the fact that the river is mostly a border river, and that proximity to Spain in those parts, has influenced the naming of the River, even on the Portuguese side of the border.

name
Guadiana or Odiana, both names are correct; Odiana is the vernacule form, that you may find in numerous portuguese documents, maps, for example, throughout the centuries.

Problem!
How can the river be 342 miles wide? Does it mean the basin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.92.184 (talk) 20:17, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is still there, i guess it means meters, someone correct it with the right value or it should be deleted. --Iagocasabiell (talk) 15:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Since it was impossible and also unsourced, I deleted it. The main problem in the article is that many individual claims about quantities lack citations to specific sources. It will take a lot of time and effort to track down reliable sources for all the claims. Thanks for noting this particular whopper. Finetooth (talk) 04:11, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Confusing
This sentence is not clear: "The Guadiana covers a length of 76 kilometres, 818 kilometres of travel distance, of which 578 kilometres are within Spanish territory, 140 kilometres within Portugal, while 100 kilometres are shared between the two nations; ..."

In addition, the following statement is not correct: "The river's basin extends from the eastern portion of Extremadura to the southern provinces of the Algarve;..." The Guadiana basin also stretches east to Castilla - La Mancha. In fact the river's source(s) is (are) located in that region.

--200.12.130.224 (talk) 17:00, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I deleted the 76-kilometer claim. As you say, it makes no sense as written. I have no idea what it means. As for the basin, a main-stem watershed or basin includes all of the tributary watersheds. I don't see a contradiction here necessarily. However, the watershed section, like much of the rest of the article, lacks inline citations to reliable sources that can be checked for verification. If you have access to sources and can improve the article by citing them, please do. It would be most appreciated. Finetooth (talk) 04:20, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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