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Reservoir of Loriguilla

Loriguilla, El Camp de Túria, Valencia

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Reservoir of Loriguilla

Nature · Loriguilla, El Camp de Túria, Valencia

The Loriguilla reservoir, completed in 1965 on the river Turia between the municipalities of Chulilla and Loriguilla, covers a maximum surface area of 364 hectares and has a capacity of 71 cubic hectometres; much used in summer for swimming and for fishing large carp. Its construction forced the relocation of the towns of Loriguilla and Domeño, whose most fertile land was flooded. As well as supplying urban and irrigation water, it feeds the Central Hidroeléctrica de Chulilla, located at the foot of the dam, of gravity type with a curved plan, 57.50 metres high above the riverbed and 198 metres long at the crest.

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