# Amarguillo

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{{Short description|River in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Amarguillo
| image              = 
| image_size         =  
| image_caption      = View of the Amarguillo
| map                = 
| map_size           = 
| map_caption        = 
| name_other         = Arroyo de Valdespino
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 5
| mapframe-frame-width = 300
| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [Spain](/source/Spain)
| source1            = Collado de la Mirla, {{ill|Sierra de la Calderina|es}}
| source1_location   = [Urda](/source/Urda%2C_Toledo), Spain
| source1_coordinates= {{Coord|39.332|-3.762|format=dms|display=i}}
| source1_elevation  = <!--{{convert|1593|m|abbr=on}}-->
| mouth              = [Cigüela](/source/Cig%C3%BCela)
| mouth_location     = [Alcázar de San Juan](/source/Alc%C3%A1zar_de_San_Juan), Spain
| mouth_coordinates  = {{Coord|39.303|-3.354|format=dms|display=i}}
| mouth_elevation    = <!--{{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}-->
| length             = {{convert|55|km|mi|abbr=on}} 
| discharge1_avg     = 	
| basin_size         = {{convert|563|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   = 
| tributaries_right  = 
| progression       = [Cigüela](/source/Cig%C3%BCela)→ [Guadiana](/source/Guadiana)→ [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean)
}}

The '''Amarguillo''' is a river in the centre of the [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula) and a tributary of the [Cigüela](/source/Cig%C3%BCela). It belongs to the [Guadiana](/source/Guadiana) river basin.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.realacademiatoledo.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Semblanza-geol%C3%B3gica-del-r%C3%ADo-Amarguillo-por-M%C3%A1ximo-Mart%C3%ADn-Aguado.pdf|first=Máximo|last=Martín Aguado|title=Semblanza geológica del río Amarguillo|journal=Toletum: boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo|issn=0210-6310|issue=29|year=1993|pages=63–84}}</ref> In modern times, it is dry during most of the year.{{Sfn|Potenciano de las Heras|Martínez Goytre|Durán Valsero|Garzón Heydt|1996|p=1135}}

== Description ==
The watercourse originates to the north of the Collado de la Mirla (in the {{ill|Sierra de la Calderina|es}}, a subrange of the [Montes de Toledo](/source/Montes_de_Toledo)) within the Spanish municipality of [Urda](/source/Urda%2C_Toledo).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.realacademiatoledo.es/downloads/publicaciones_cont/173/97-98.-fernando-jimenez-de-gregorio-la-mancha-toledana-1999.pdf|page=21|title=La Mancha toledana|year=1999|isbn=84-87103-92-8|location=Toledo|publisher=[Diputación Provincial de Toledo](/source/Diputaci%C3%B3n_Provincial_de_Toledo)|first=Fernando|last=Jiménez de Gregorio|author-link=Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|issue=27|journal=Provincia|publisher=[Diputación Provincial de Toledo](/source/Diputaci%C3%B3n_Provincial_de_Toledo)|title=Villafranca de los Caballeros|location=Toledo|page=5|year=1960|url=https://www.diputoledo.es/archivos/archivo/revistas/1960_27.pdf}}</ref> Featuring a catchment area of around 563 km<sup>2</sup>, the river runs for 55 kilometers mostly in a west-east direction near the fringes of the Montes de Toledo.{{Sfn|Potenciano de las Heras|Martínez Goytre|Durán Valsero|Garzón Heydt|1996|p=1135}} Historically, the river has been the site of multiple catastrophic floods, including the 1891 one, in which the river reached an estimated flow by Consuegra of 114 m<sup>3</sup>/s.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://sge.usal.es/archivos/geogacetas/Geo20%20(5)/Art37.pdf|title=Inundaciones en la cuenca del río Amarguillo (Toledo)|trans-title=Floods in the Amarguillo river basin (Toledo)|year=1996|first=A|last=Potenciano de las Heras|first2=J.|last2=Martínez Goytre|first3=J.J.|last3=Durán Valsero|first4=G.|last4=Garzón Heydt|journal=Geogaceta|pages=1135; 1137}}</ref> It passes near the Spanish municipalities of Urda, [Consuegra](/source/Consuegra), [Madridejos](/source/Madridejos%2C_Toledo), and [Camuñas](/source/Camu%C3%B1as).<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Panorámica geográfico-histórica de la villa manchega de Camuñas|page=146|url=https://www.cofradiainternacionaldeinvestigadores.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Cap%C3%ADtulo-11-Panor%C3%A1mica-geogr%C3%A1fio-historica-de-la-villa-manchega-de-Camu%C3%B1as.pdf|first= Fernando|last=Jiménez de Gregorio|journal=Beresit: Revista Interdiciplinar científico-humana|issn=0213-9944|issue=1|year=1987|author-link=Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio}}</ref> Also known as arroyo de Valdespino in its lower course, it discharges into the Cigüela in the [province of Ciudad Real](/source/province_of_Ciudad_Real).{{Sfn|Jiménez de Gregorio|1999|p=21}}

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Category:Tributaries of the Cigüela
Category:Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha

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