El Tranco de Beas Dam

El Tranco de Beas Dam
View of the reservoir
El Tranco de Beas Dam
Location	Hornos
Coordinates	38°8′0″N 2°47′0″W
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Guadalquivir
Basin countries	Spain
Built	1929 (1929)
First flooded	1948
Surface area	1,800 ha (4,400 acres)
Water volume	498 hm^3 (404,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)

El Tranco de Beas Dam, also known as Pantano del Tranco is a reservoir across the high Guadalquivir[1] in the Sierra de Segura range, Andalusia, Spain.

See also

• List of reservoirs and dams in Andalusia

References

1. Embalses - Tranco de Beas

External links

• Agencia del agua Junta de Andalucía (in Spanish)
• Reservoirs status summary (in Spanish)
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir (in Spanish)
• Dam Construction