The Sotón River is a river in

Hoya de Huesca Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca is a comarca (administrative subdivision) in the province of Huesca (Spain). * Capital city: Huesca, also the biggest of the 40 municipalities of the comarca. * Surface: 2,525.60 km². * Population: 60,525 (2002 ...

, municipality of Alcalá de Gurrea,

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. The Sotón is a

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the Gállego River, in the

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basin and has been dammed at Sotonera Dam.

Sotonera reservoir

Sotonera reservoir is a lake on the Sotón river created by the damming of the river. The reservoir is the source of Monegros Canal. The reservoir has become a

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for

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birds,

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s and has become a zone of interest, particularly for birds and is listed as an important habitat by the

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since 1987 and the Government of

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Sotonera Lacus Sotonera Lacus is one of a number of Lakes of Titan, hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan (moon), Titan. Sotonera Lacus is located near the north pole of Titan, centered on latitude 76.75°north, N and longitude 17.49°west, W ...

, a hydrocarbon lake on

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, was named after the dam in 2007.Titan: Sotonera Lacus. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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(IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). uestion: April 29, 2013

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Sotonera reservoir

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