Ligustinus (lacus)
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place
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Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, María Jesús Redondo
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History
The so-called Guadalquivir Marshes (Marismas del Guadalquivir) are a region of wetlands located on the lower Guadalquivir River. In antiquity these wetlands included a lagoon and an estuary known as Lacus Ligustinus. Silting gradually transformed the lake into wetlands.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/256263
36.8273903, -6.3455489
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Guadalquivir Marshes (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Guadalquivir Marshes (English, modern)
- Ligustinus Lacus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Marismas del Guadalquivir (Spanish, modern)
- Ligustinus (lacus) communicates with Atlanticus Oceanus (unspecified date range)
- Baetis Aestuaria communicates with Ligustinus (lacus) (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Baetis/Certis (river) flows into Ligustinus (lacus) (330 BC - AD 300)
marsh, wetland, lake, estuary
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 26 D4 Ligustinus L.
- Rodríguez-Vidal et al. 2011
- Ruiz, F. and A. Rodríguez-Ramírez et al. 2002. "Cambios Paleoambientales en la desembocadura del río Guadalquivir durante el Holoceno reciente.". Geogaceta (Sociedad Geológica de España) 32:167–170
- Schulten 1955 377-78
- TIR Emerita 99-100
- Wikipedia (English) Guadalquivir Marshes
- Wikipedia (Spanish) Lacus Ligustinus
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 D4 Ligustinus L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Las Marismas at mouth of R. Guadalquivir
Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and María Jesús Redondo, 'Ligustinus (lacus): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/256263> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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