Tibi Dam | |
Name Official: | Presa Tibi |
Location Map: | Spain |
Coordinates: | 38.5007°N -0.5579°W |
Country: | Spain |
Status: | O |
Purpose: | Irrigation |
Construction Began: | 1579 |
Opening: | 1594 |
Dam Type: | Masonry |
Dam Height: | 65m (213feet) |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 42m (138feet) |
Res Capacity Total: | 3690776m2[1] |
The Tibi Dam (in Spanish embalse de Tibi) is a masonry dam on Monegre River about 3km (02miles) south of Tibi in Valencian Community, Spain. It is one of the oldest non-Roman dams in Europe. It was constructed between 1579 and 1594 with the purpose of using its reservoir to help irrigate areas around Tibi. A spillway was constructed on the right side of the dam in 1697 after it partially failed due to flooding.[2]