Valdecañas reservoir

Reservoir on the Tagus River, Province of Cáceres, Spain

Dam

39°46′41″N 5°36′47″W / 39.77806°N 5.61306°W / 39.77806; -5.61306Owner(s)Estado españolUpper dam and spillwaysHeight98Upper reservoirTotal capacity1.446 hm³Lower dam and spillwaysImpoundsTajoPower StationTypeBóveda

The Valdecañas reservoir (embalse de Valdecañas, in Spanish) is a reservoir on the Tagus River. It begins in the municipality of El Gordo and ends at the Valdecañas dam, in Belvís de Monroy, in the Province of Cáceres, Spain. Its basin has an area of 36,540 km2 with an average annual water inflow of 4,054 hm³.^{[citation needed]}

History

The reservoir project's construction was started 1957 and completed in 1964.

Beneath its waters is a Bronze Age site with a dolmen that emerges when the waters drop. The Guadalperal dolmen megalithic complex is also called the Spanish Stonehenge for its resemblance to Stonehenge, a megalithic monument located near Amesbury, England.^[1]

Land Use

In 2014, the demolition of a tourist complex known as Isla de Valdecañas was ordered by El Tribunal Supremo, the Supreme Court of Spain. This complex was built within the reservoir, in the area belonging to Natura 2000.^[2]

References

^ "El Stonehenge español sale a flote: tiene 4.000 años y Franco lo sumergió en un embalse". El Español (in European Spanish). 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ Viúdez, Juana (2014-02-06). "El Supremo ordena derribar un complejo turístico en un área protegida de Cáceres". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-04-20.