Guadalmina

Guadalmina River
The mouth of the Río Guadalmina that has fallen dry
Data
location	Andalusia , Spain
River system	Guadalmina
source	Sierra Bermeja
muzzle	Between Estepona and San Pedro de Alcántara in the Mediterranean Sea Coordinates: 36 ° 27 ′ 36 ″  N , 5 ° 0 ′ 19 ″  W 36 ° 27 ′ 36 ″  N , 5 ° 0 ′ 19 ″  W
Mouth height	0  msnm
length	28 km

The Río Guadalmina (i.e. Wadi of Mines) is a short coastal river in southern Spain that runs entirely in the Andalusian province of Málaga .

At a length of 28 kilometers, it rises in the Sierra Bermeja in the municipality of Igualeja. It regularly carries water from the town of Benahavís , where it is fed from the karst aquifer in the Las Angosturas area .

It flows into the city of Marbella near San Pedro de Alcántara .

In the past, the river was of strategic importance for the defense of Benahavis, where its water is also used to power flour mills. In this municipality is the Guadalmina Reservoir, from which water is diverted to lead it to the La Concepción Reservoir on the Rio Verde, where the Rio Guadalmansa and the Rio Guadaiza meet. The withdrawal of water means that the Río Guadalmina falls dry in the lower reaches during the dry season.

The lower course of the river is heavily urbanized, so that many houses there are threatened with flooding if heavy rains overfill the reservoirs.

Near its mouth are Roman baths from the third century and the remains of the Vega del Mar basilica, an early Christian church from the fourth century.