Tous, Valencia
Encyclopedia
Tous (ˈtɔws) is a municipality
in the Valencian Community, in the province
of Valencia
. The town is rather well known because, in 1982, the river Jucar
broke Tous's reservoir provoking a great flood
with a flood of 16,000 m3/s and more than 30 casualties. The flood was called La Pantanada.
Municipalities of Spain
The municipalities of Spain In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. municipi.*Galician or , sing. municipio/bisbarra.*Basque , sing. udalerria. are the basic level of Spanish local government...
in the Valencian Community, in the province
Provinces of Spain
Spain and its autonomous communities are divided into fifty provinces .In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. província.*Galician , sing. provincia.*Basque |Galicia]] — are not also the capitals of provinces...
of Valencia
Valencia (province)
Valencia or València is a province of Spain, in the central part of the Valencian Community.It is bordered by the provinces of Alicante, Albacete, Cuenca, Teruel, Castellón, and the Mediterranean Sea...
. The town is rather well known because, in 1982, the river Jucar
Júcar
The Júcar or Xúquer is a river on the Iberian Peninsula of Spain. The river runs for approximately 509 km from its source at Ojuelos de Valdeminguete, on the eastern flank of the Montes Universales, Sistema Ibérico...
broke Tous's reservoir provoking a great flood
Flood
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water...
with a flood of 16,000 m3/s and more than 30 casualties. The flood was called La Pantanada.