The Cadagua or Kadagua River drains the
Biscayan area of
Encartaciones (), from the
Castilian valley of
Mena to
Barakaldo and
Bilbao
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, where it forms the border between these municipalities and ends at the
Estuary of Bilbao. Another important town that this river crosses is
Balmaseda
Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: ''Valmaseda'') is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and serves an impo ...
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The river takes its name from the small village where is located its first spring. Cadagua village is located in Valle de Mena (Burgos, Spain) surrounded by the beautiful landscape of "La Peña" mountains.
Four small hydropower plans produce electricity thanks to the river Cadagua. Until the last decades of the 20th century, this water power was also used by several mills that can be nowadays seen by the river basin.
Cadagua is a company which takes its name from this river. This company designs, plans and builds water treatment plants in order to improve the environment.
See also
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List of rivers of Spain
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsu ...
Rivers of Spain
Rivers of Burgos
Rivers of Castile and León
Rivers of the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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