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The valley of the Jaramiel stream

Villavaquerín, Páramos del Esgueva, Valladolid

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The valley of the Jaramiel stream

Nature · Villavaquerín, Páramos del Esgueva, Valladolid

Villavaquerín sits at 769 metres in the valley of the Jaramiel stream, a right-bank tributary of the Duero that rises on the Pinzas plateau, in the municipality of Piñel de Arriba, and runs for about 28 kilometres before flowing into the Duero at Tudela de Duero, also passing through Piñel de Abajo, Valbuena de Duero, Castrillo-Tejeriego and Villabáñez. It forms a corridor parallel to the Esgueva valley, hemmed in between limestone uplands that narrow towards its mouth. It has traditionally been used for growing cereals and sugar beet; viticulture was also important, as attested by the underground wine cellars in its villages, along with sheep grazing.

Photo: Antonio Arranz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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