Sotón river

The Sotón River is a river in Hoya de Huesca, municipality of Alcalá de Gurrea, Northern Spain.

Sotón river Map.

The Sotón is a tributary of the Gállego River, in the Ebro River basin and has been dammed at Sotonera Dam.[1]

Sotonera reservoir
Sotonera Dam.

Sotonera reservoir is a lake on the Sotón river created by the damming of the river. The reservoir is the source of Monegros Canal.

The reservoir has become a habitat for aquatic birds, turtles, bivalves and has become a zone of interest, particularly for birds and is listed as an important habitat by the Spanish Ornithological Society since 1987 and the Government of Aragon.[2]

Sotonera Lacus, a hydrocarbon[3] lake on Titan, Saturn's moon, was named after the dam in 2007.[4]

See also

References
  1. Pantano of Sotonera.[February 26th, 2013].
  2. Pantano of Sotonera '(es). City of Alcala de Gurrea. [Question: February 26th, 2013].
  3. Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155.
  4. Titan: Sotonera Lacus. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). [Question: April 29, 2013].


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