Entrepeñas Reservoir

Entrepeñas Reservoir
View of Entrepeñas Reservoir.
Location of Entrepeñas Reservoir in the Province of Guadalajara. Location of Entrepeñas Reservoir in Castile-La Mancha.
Official name	Embalse de Entrepeñas
Country	Spain
Location	Province of Guadalajara
Coordinates
Purpose	Irrigation, power, transfer
Status	Operational
Opening date	1956
Owner(s)	Government of Spain
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Tagus River
Height (foundation)	87 m (285 ft)
Length	383 m (1,257 ft)
Elevation at crest	723 m (2,372 ft)
Dam volume	445,930,000 m3 (583,250,000 cu yd)
Spillways	1
Spillway capacity	1,500 m3/s (53,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	835,000,000 m3 (677,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area	4,060 km2 (1,570 sq mi)
Surface area	3,213 ha (12.41 sq mi)
Power station
Name	Central Hidroeléctrica de Entrepeñas
Installed capacity	37 MW
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Entrepeñas is a reservoir located on the Tagus River in the Alcarria Baja region of Guadalajara, Spain. 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 dam structure is situated next to the town of Entrepeñas, from which it took its name, between the municipal districts of Sacedón 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 (Spanish: Mar de Castilla), together with the reservoirs of Buendía, Bolarque, Zorita, Almoguera, and Estremera.

The surface area of the reservoir measures 3,213 hectares (12.41 square miles), and it can hold a total of 835,000,000 cubic meters (677,000 acre feet).

In conjunction with the Buendía Reservoir, it supplies the Tagus-Segura Water Transfer.

See also

List of dams and reservoirs in Spain