Taibilla is a river of the

Province of Albacete Albacete () is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. As of 2012, Albacete had a population of 402,837 people. Its capital city, also called Albacete, is by road southeast of Madri ...

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. It runs 47.6 km.

Taibilla Canal

In 1927, the xx, es, Mancomunidad de los Canales del Taibilla (Taibilla Canal Association) was established with the aim of bringing water from the river to the Cartagena Naval Base and the cities of Cartagena,

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and

Orihuela Orihuela (; ''Corpus Toponímic Valencià''. Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. 2009, València.) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The c ...

. The first phase of the nearly 200 km canal was completed in 1945 and was a milestone in the growth and development of south-eastern Spain. Since the 1950s, this canal has regularly been diverting much of the flow of the Taibilla, completely drying up a 6 km stretch between the Toma Dam and the village of Vizcable. This reduction has resulted in environmental degradation.

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Rivers of Spain Rivers of the Province of Albacete Rivers of Castilla–La Mancha {{Spain-river-stub