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cola del embalse

English translation: upstream end of the reservoir

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Spanish term or phrase:cola del embalse
English translation:upstream end of the reservoir
Entered by: Daniel Burns (X)

04:09 Dec 6, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: cola del embalse
I am having a hard time grasping what part of a reservoir is referred to in Spain as the "cola". The following is from a tourism site;
"La fiesta consiste en una romería que se celebra en la COLA del embalse del Guadalhorce..."
Logically it seems it would be the shore farthest from the dam but sites I refer to lead me to think it means the contained water itself.
Daniel Burns (X)
Local time: 18:20
upstream end of the reservoir
Explanation:
From Eurodicautom:
the transition point at which the watercourse starts to become impounded
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bigedsenior
Local time: 16:20
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5 +3upstream end of the reservoir
bigedsenior


  

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upstream end of the reservoir


Explanation:
From Eurodicautom:
the transition point at which the watercourse starts to become impounded


bigedsenior
Local time: 16:20
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 1400

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jo Mayr
1 hr
agree  Peter Haden: As you can see in the photo on this site: - http://www.chse.es/inventario/guadal-guadalteba.htm#, the dam narrows into a 'tail' as you look upstream.
1 hr
agree  Víctor Nine
5 hrs
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