Editing Province of Salamanca (section)

==Geography==
Salamanca Province is situated in western Spain, in the western part of Castile and León. It has an average altitude of 823 meters, but there are large variations throughout the province, with {{convert|2428|m}} being the highest point at the peak of the [[Ceja Canchal]] in the [[Sierra de Béjar (mountain range)|Sierra de Béjar]] range,<ref name="Plikat2011">{{cite book|last=Plikat|first=Bernd|title=Sierra de Gredos: Circo de Gredos, Valle del Tiétar, Valle del Jerte ; 56 excursiones y rutas de montaña selectas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNMhH6XGK4MC&pg=PA179|year=2011|publisher=Bergverlag Rother GmbH|isbn=978-3-7633-4716-2|page=179}}</ref> and {{convert|116|m}} being the lowest point in the valley of the Salto de Saucelle. Also of note is the [[Sierra de Francia]] mountain range. The Salamanca hydrographic network is mainly formed by the Duero basin. The most important rivers are the [[Duero]], [[Tormes]], [[Águeda]], [[Huebra]], and [[Yeltes]] rivers.<ref name="M1996">{{cite book|last=Moreno|first=M.|title=Calidad Quimica y Contaminacion Delas Aguas Subterraneas en España, P|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiYYepgC1E0C&pg=PA63|year=1996|publisher=IGME|language=es|isbn=978-84-7840-257-1|page=63}}</ref>

The region is well-irrigated with a number of dams and reservoirs, and with more than 3,400 million cubic meters, it is the province with the third highest water storage capacity in Spain, second only to the [[Province of Badajoz]] and the [[Province of Cáceres]]. Of particular note is the [[Almendra Dam]], five kilometres from the village of [[Almendra, Salamanca|Almendra]]. Constructed between 1964 and 1970, the dam forms part of the [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric system]] known as ''the Duero Drops'', along with the Castro, [[Ricobayo Dam|Ricobayo]], Saucelle and Villalcampo. It is one of the largest reservoirs in Spain with an area of {{convert|86.5|km2}} and 2.5 billion cubic metres of water.<ref>{{cite book|title=Engineering News-record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FllIAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana International Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdeJeQ8T0rUC|year=1970|page=325}}</ref> The dam itself is more than half a kilometre wide and, at a height of {{convert|202|m}}, it is one of [[List of tallest structures in Spain|Spain's tallest structures]].