# Ricobayo

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**Ricobayo** is a locality in the [province of Zamora](/source/Province_of_Zamora), Spain. Until mid-1964 a municipality in its own right, it is part of [Muelas del Pan](/source/Muelas_del_Pan).

## Bridge

Long important as a crossing-point on the [River Esla](/source/River_Esla), Ricobayo's original bridge is now under water, having been drowned by the construction of the Ricobayo reservoir. Since the 1990s the main bridge has been the [Ricobayo Arch Bridge](/source/Ricobayo_Arch_Bridge).[1]

## Dam and reservoir

Main article: [Ricobayo Dam](/source/Ricobayo_Dam)

In the 1920s it was agreed to build a [gravity dam](/source/Gravity_dam) on the [River Esla](/source/River_Esla) at [Ricobayo](/source/Ricobayo_Dam). It impounds the Ricobayo Reservoir.

The dam is part of a hydroelectric scheme known as Saltos del Duero. This scheme involves other dams in the catchment area of the [Duero](/source/Duero) such as the [Almendra Dam](/source/Almendra_Dam).

As well as electricity generation, [Ricobayo Reservoir](/source/Ricobayo_Dam) is used for recreation.[2] In the summer of 2021 the two uses came into conflict, when the reservoir was largely drained by the electric utility company [Iberdrola](/source/Iberdrola), making Ricobayo less attractive to tourists.[3]

## References

1. ["Ricobayo"](http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ricobayo_Viaduct). *highestbridges.com*. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

1. ["¡Vamos a la playa!"](https://www.abc.es/local-castilla-leon/20140729/abci-vamos-playa-201407290856.html) [Let's go to the beach!] (in Spanish). *[ABC](/source/ABC_(newspaper))*. July 2014.

1. Villascusa (September 2021). ["La Justicia avala que el Estado limite la producción hidroeléctrica para salvaguardar el caudal de los ríos"](https://www.eldiario.es/castilla-y-leon/justicia-avala-limite-produccion-hidroelectrica-motivos-ecologicos-salvaguardar-caudal-rios_1_8266205.html). *[elDiario.es](/source/ElDiario.es)*. Retrieved 2021-09-02.

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