Presa De Montejaque
Presa de Montejaque was a reservoir in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is also known as "Presa del Hundidero" and "Presa de los Caballeros" River Le reservoir gets water from Gaduares river. Construction The preliminary studies to build the wall started in 1917, and the project was abandoned in 1947, unable to keep water inside the walls See also * List of reservoirs and dams in Andalusia This is a list of dams and reservoirs in Andalusia, Spain. Almería Cádiz Córdoba Granada Huelva * Embalse de Aracena * Embalse de Zufre * Embalse de Andévalo * Embalse del Chanza * Embalse de Corumbel Bajo * Embalse de ... References External links Pictures of the path inside the reservoir Reservoirs in Andalusia {{Spain-geo-stub ...
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Reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, through excavation, or building any number of retaining walls or levees. In other contexts, "reservoirs" may refer to storage spaces for various fluids; they may hold liquids or gasses, including hydrocarbons. ''Tank reservoirs'' store these in ground-level, elevated, or buried tanks. Tank reservoirs for water are also called cisterns. Most underground reservoirs are used to store liquids, principally either water or petroleum. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams ...
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