Entrepeñas is a

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located on the

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in the Alcarria Baja

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. It was completed in 1956. Apart from the Tagus, it also receives water from the Valdetrigo, Barranco Grande, Solana, and Ompólveda rivers, among others. The

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structure is situated next to the town of Entrepeñas, from which it took its name, between the municipal districts of

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and Auñón. The towns of Auñón, Durón, Pareja, and Sacedón are located on the banks of the reservoir, as are the residential areas of Las Anclas, Las Brisas, Peñalagos, and El Paraiso. Entrepeñas forms part of the so-called Sea of Castile (

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: Mar de Castilla), together with the reservoirs of Buendía, Bolarque, Zorita, Almoguera, and Estremera. The

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of the reservoir measures , and it can hold a total of . In conjunction with the Buendía Reservoir, it supplies the Tagus-Segura Water Transfer.

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