Jabalón (Guadiana)
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Jabalón Río Jabalón |
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 Bridge over the Jabalón (puente de Caracuel) |
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| location | Spain , Castile-La Mancha | |
| River system | Guadiana | |
| muzzle | Guadiana Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '23 " N , 4 ° 5' 28" W 38 ° 53 '23 " N , 4 ° 5' 28" W.
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| length | 160.6 km | |
| Catchment area | 1,557.446 km² | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Dam La Cabezuela , dam La Vega del Jabalón | |
 The Guadiana river system |
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 Tributaries of the Guadiana (the Jabalón is number 6) |
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The Jabalón ( Spanish: Río Jabalón ) is a left (southern) tributary of the Guadiana that flows through the province of Ciudad Real ( autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha ) in Spain . It has a length of about 161 km and a catchment area of about 1557 km².
Its source is near the town of Montiel . About eight kilometers southeast of the city of Valdepeñas , the Jabalón is dammed up by the La Cabezuela dam to form a reservoir (Spanish: Embalse de La Cabezuela ). About four kilometers southwest of the village of Granátula de Calatrava , it is dammed up by the La Vega del Jabalón dam to form a reservoir (Spanish: Embalse de La Vega del Jabalón ).
The Jabalón flows into the Guadiana about three kilometers north of the village of Corral de Calatrava .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ríos y Arroyos importantes. Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadiana, accessed March 16, 2015 (Spanish).