Sotón river

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Sotón river Map.

The Sotón River is a river in Hoya de Huesca, municipality of Alcalá de Gurrea, Northern Spain.

Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca Comarca in Aragon, Spain

Hoya de Huesca/Plana de Uesca is a comarca (county) in the province of Huesca (Spain).

Alcalá de Gurrea Place in Aragon, Spain

Alcalá de Gurrea is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 292 inhabitants.

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The Sotón is a tributary of the Gállego River, in the Ebro River basin and has been dammed at Sotonera Dam. [1]

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Gállego (river) river in Aragon, Spain

The Gállego is a river in Aragon, Spain, one of the main tributaries of the Ebro River. It has a watershed of over 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with a total length of 193.2 kilometres (120.0 mi).

Sotonera reservoir

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Sotonera Dam.

Sotonera reservoir is a lake on the Sotón river created by the damming of the river. The reservoir is the source of Monegros Canal.

The reservoir has become a habitat for aquatic birds, turtles, bivalves and has become a zone of interest, particularly for birds and is listed as an important habitat by the Spanish Ornithological Society since 1987 and the Government of Aragon. [2]

Habitat ecological or environmental area inhabited by a particular species; natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population

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Aquatic animal under water animals

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Turtle order of reptiles

Turtles are diapsids of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield. "Turtle" may refer to the order as a whole or to fresh-water and sea-dwelling testudines. The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species. The earliest known members of this group date from 220 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than snakes or crocodilians. Of the 356 known species alive today, some are highly endangered.

Sotonera Lacus, a hydrocarbon [3] lake on Titan, Saturn's moon, was named after the dam in 2007. [4]

Sotonera Lacus lake on Titan

Sotonera Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

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Saturn Sixth planet from the Sun in the Solar System

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References

  1. ↑ Pantano of Sotonera.[February 26th, 2013].
  2. ↑ Pantano of Sotonera '(es). City of Alcala de Gurrea. [Question: February 26th, 2013].
  3. ↑ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155.
  4. ↑ Titan: Sotonera Lacus. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). [Question: April 29, 2013].


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