El Atazar Dam

Community of Madrid · Spain

El Atazar Dam, Spain
Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid, CC BY 3.0 es via Wikimedia Commons

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The tallest dam in the Madrid region, a slender arch supplying much of the capital's drinking water. The reservoir winds through a schist gorge in the Sierra Norte hills.

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