Ricobayo is a locality in the province of Zamora , Spain. Formerly a municipality in its own right, it is part of Muelas del Pan .
5-696: Long important as a crossing-point on the River Esla , Ricobayo's original bridge is now under water, having been drowned by the construction of the Ricobayo reservoir. Since the 1990s the main bridge has been the Ricobayo Arch Bridge . In the 1920s it was agreed to build a gravity dam on the River Esla at Ricobayo . It impounds the Ricobayo Reservoir. The dam is part of a hydroelectric scheme known as Saltos del Duero. This scheme involves other dams in
10-527: A location in the province of Zamora, Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . River Esla The Esla is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora in the northwest of Spain . It is a tributary of the Duero River that starts in the Cantabrian Mountains and is 275 kilometres (171 mi) long. Its direction of flow is from north to south. It is the largest tributary of
15-563: The Cantabrian Mountains. Many of the toponyms in the area owe their name to the river; for example, Villafalé ( Villa Fértil a orillas del Río Astura ), Vega del Esla , Mansilla del Esla , etc. In the 19th century, the Canal del Esla was built to irrigate the Vega de Toral. In the 1980s, a dam and reservoir project to generate hydroelectric power required the submersion of seven villages along
20-712: The Duero in terms of discharge; in fact, at its mouth at the confluence with the Duero, it has a greater discharge than the volume in the main river. The most official source of the river is the “Fuente del Naranco” in Valdosín (near La Uña in León province). This river was known as the Astura to the ancient Romans, from which the Asturian people took their name. They were ancestors of the modern inhabitants of Asturias and León, living on both sides of
25-568: The catchment area of the Duero such as the Almendra Dam . As well as electricity generation, Ricobayo Reservoir is used for recreation. In the summer of 2021 the two uses came into conflict, when the reservoir was largely drained by the electric utility company Iberdrola , making Ricobayo less attractive to tourists. 41°32′05″N 5°59′10″W / 41.53472°N 5.98611°W / 41.53472; -5.98611 This article about
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