<b>Rio Guadiamar</b>, (Sevilla), Andalucia, Spain.

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

Rio Guadiamar, (Sevilla), Andalucia, Spain.

Gazetteer Query: No query available for country Spain See also: Rio Guadalquivir.
	Modest-sized river in Andalucia, draining a portion of the Sierra Morena into the Rio Guadalquivir. On 25 April 1998, the Aznalcóllar tailings dam at Boliden Apirsa's Anzalcóllar/Los Frailes Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn mine 45 km west of Seville, Spain, was breached, flooding approximately 4600 hectares of land along the Agrio and Guadiamar rivers with an estimated 5.5 million m³ of acidic water and 1.3 million m³ of heavy metal-bearing tailings. Articles that refer to this location: Field Notes: 20030427030; Literature Referring To This Location: Hudson-Edwards, Karen A., Mark G, Macklin, Paul Brewer, Tom J. Coulthard, Andy J. Howard, Mette F. Nielsem, Jon Turner, Heather E. Jamieson & Vicki H. Remenda. 2000. Geochemistry of Rio Guadiamar Sediments Following the April 1998 Spanish Aznalcollar Mine Tailing Dam Failure and Subsequent Clean-up. Journal Conference Abstracts. Proceedings of the Goldschmidt 2000 Conference, September 3rd-8th, 2000. 5(2):536. Oxford, UK: Cambridge Publications, 2000.
	No collections made at this location.
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