Valdecañas reservoir

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.

Valdecañas reservoir (Embalse de Valdecañas)
Valdecañas reservoir (Embalse de Valdecañas)
Location of Valdecañas reservoir (Embalse de Valdecañas) in Extremadura
CountrySpain
Coordinates39°46′41″N 5°36′47″W
Owner(s)Estado español
Upper dam and spillways
Height98
Upper reservoir
Total capacity1.446 hm³
Lower dam and spillways
ImpoundsTajo
Power Station
TypeBóveda

History
Dolmen of Guadalperal.

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 the Stonehenge cromlech, a megalithic monument located near Amesbury, in the county of Wiltshire, 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
  1. "El Stonehenge español sale a flote: tiene 4.000 años y Franco lo sumergió en un embalse". El Español (in Spanish). 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. 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.
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