Lakes Ancient, but mostly modern

 It is another day of wiggling round on the old road which really looks like it needs a make over and cross a reservoir.  So, let's do Spanish lakes.




Let us have a bit of context. Europe’s greatest lake is Lake Ladoga - being 276,000km2.  Lake Superior is 82,103km2.  Lough Neagh is 383km2, Loch Lomond 71 and Windermere is 14.7km2.   Rutland Water, an unnatural stretch, is 12.6km2.


Spain’s largest lake is Europe’s largest reservoir, the Embalse de la Serena in Badajoz province. It is 321km2.  It stores some 3.21 trillion litres if water. 



The Sea of Castile, aka Embalse de Almendra, is 265km2. It is in Zamora province and has Spain’s highest dam, being 202m high. It captures the waters of Duero and caused the 400 inhabitants of Argusino to have to move. It was built between 1985 and 1989 and produces 25.1mw. Juan Carlos himself, and Queen Sofia, turned up to switch it on.


You do feel that 33travels is scraping the barrel when they include, in their top 38 Spanish lakes, Lago de San Mauricio.  Having said that this Catalonian glacial lake may be but 0.2km2 square has been doing its bit for hydro power since 1959 and produces 15,543kw.



Onwards, north and then westwards. Cadiz is near.








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