Rivera de Gata
Cáceres · Extremadura · Tajo
Capacity
49 hm³
Coordinates
40.145°N, 6.633°W
Operator
CHT
16.3% full
Current fill
16.3%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-12.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 49 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 44.1 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Tajo |
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About Rivera de Gata
As of October 6, 2026, Rivera de Gata is filled to 16.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 8 hm³ of water out of a maximum 49 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 44 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 12.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rivera de Gata — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.3% (September 29, 2026) to a high of 95.9% (May 5, 2020). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 40.145°N, 6.633°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 16.3%
- Water stored
- 8 hm³
- Total capacity
- 49 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 44 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 40.145°N, 6.633°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 16.3% | 8 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 16.3% | 8 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 20.4% | 10 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 22.4% | 11 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 28.6% | 14 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 34.7% | 17 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 34.7% | 17 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 40.8% | 20 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 44.9% | 22 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 51.0% | 25 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 55.1% | 27 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 61.2% | 30 |