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Ricobayo Dam

Ricobayo Dam

The Ricobayo Dam (in Spanish: presa de Ricobayo or salto de Ricobayo) is a hydroelectric engineering work built on the lower course of the Esla river. It is located less than 1 km from Ricobayo de Alba, in the province of Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain.

The section in which it is located is known as the arribes of Esla, a deep geographic depression caused by the millenary erosion of the river.

It is part of the system together with the infrastructures installed in Aldeadávila, Almendra, , Saucelle and .