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Sant Antoni Reservoir

Talarn, Pallars Jussà, Lleida

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Sant Antoni Reservoir

Nature · Talarn, Pallars Jussà, Lleida

The Sant Antoni reservoir, also known as Talarn or Susterris, is a large reservoir on the Noguera Pallaresa river formed by a dam in the Susterris narrows, in the municipality of Talarn, which also extends through la Pobla de Segur, Salàs de Pallars, Conca de Dalt and Isona i Conca Dellà, in Pallars Jussà. Its construction, begun in 1913 by the company Riegos y Fuerzas del Ebro, a subsidiary of the Canadian firm Barcelona Traction, known as La Canadenca, flooded the old church of Sant Antoni de Susterris and much of the land of the Comanda de Susterris. Canals fed by the reservoir, such as the Canal de Gavet, expanded the irrigated land of the area. Downstream, on the same Noguera Pallaresa, lies the Terradets reservoir.

Photo: Hector Blanco de Frutos (CC BY 2.5)

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