Odiel

Odiel River
File:Río Odiel.JPG View of the Odiel River
Origin	Sierra de Aracena
Mouth	Huelva Estuary
Basin countries	Spain
Source elevation	660 metres (2,170 ft)
Mouth elevation	0 metres (0 ft)
Basin area	Tinto - Odiel

Rivers of Andalusia. The Odiel is near the left, between the Guadiana (along the Portuguese border) and the Rio Tinto.

File:Huelva-Hidrografía.png

Hydrographic map of the province of Huelva. The Odiel is somewhat left of center, running roughly north-south.

The Odiel (Spanish: Río Odiel) is a river in the Atlantic basin in southern Spain, more precisely in the province of Huelva, Andalusia. It originates at Marimateos in the Sierra de Aracena at an elevation of 660 metres (2,170 ft) above sea level. At the Punta del Sebo, it joins the Rio Tinto to form the Huelva Estuary. Its principal tributaries are the Escalada, Meca, Olivargas, Oraque, Santa Eulalia, and El Villar. Its basin covers 990 square kilometres (380 sq mi).

In Roman times it was known as the Luxia. Even before the Romans, its mouth was an important place of commerce, as can be seen by archaeological remnants from Phoenicians and Ancient Greeks, known as the "Huelva Estuary Deposit" (Spanish: Depósito de la Ría de Huelva), dated 1000 BCE.

See also

• List of rivers of Spain