El Atazar Dam
El Atazar Dam is an arch dam built near Madrid, Spain on the Lozoya River, very close to where the Lozoya joins the Jarama. The curved design of the dam is optimum for the narrow gorge in which it was built to retain water in the reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: arch dam built near Madrid, Spain on the Lozoya River
- Also known as: “Embalse del Atazar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Azud de La Parra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Atazar and Cervera de Buitrago.
El Atazar
Village
Photo: Balles2601, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Atazar is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It has a population of 102 inhabitants. El Atazar is situated 2½ km north of El Atazar Dam.
Cervera de Buitrago
Village
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Cervera de Buitrago is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sierra Norte. Cervera de Buitrago is situated 5 km west of El Atazar Dam.
Patones de Arriba
Hamlet
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Patones de Arriba is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km south of El Atazar Dam.
El Atazar Dam
- Categories: arch dam and body of water
- Location: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“El Atazar Dam” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “El Atazardam”
- German: “Talsperre El Atazar”
- Japanese: “エル・アタサール・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Atazar-demningen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Atazardammen”
- Norwegian: “El Atazar-demningen”
- Spanish: “El Atazar presa”
- Spanish: “El Atazar”
- Spanish: “presa de El Atazar”
- Spanish: “presa del Atazar”
- Spanish: “Presa del Atazar”
- Swedish: “Atazardammen”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La Cabeza and Lozoya.
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