Ribadelago is a village located in

province of Zamora Zamora () is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal. The present-day province of Zamora w ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. It is in the

Galende Galende is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Inst ...

municipality. Embalse de Vega de Tera (Presa Rota)

It was partially destroyed in 1959 due to a

dam failure A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than ...

in Vega de Tera reservoir, which caused 144 deaths.

References

Municipalities of the Province of Zamora {{Zamora-geo-stub