El Cañizar lake

Its waters covered part of the municipalities of Cella, Santa Eulalia del Campo and Villarquemado, all of them belonging to the Comarca de la Comunidad de Teruel, Province of Teruel, Autonomous Community of Aragón.

These actions, directed by the Italian military engineer Domingo Ferrari, meant the total disappearance of the lagoon.

[6] As time passed, the main drainage, known as Acequia Madre, came to be considered as just another stretch of the Jiloca river and the existence of the Cañizar was forgotten.

Currently, 380 ha of floodable areas have already been recovered, making the new Cañizar the largest freshwater lagoon in inland Spain.

[9] In 2010, more than 200 species of aquatic birds were recorded, some of them in serious danger of extinction, such as the bittern (botaurus stellaris) or the squacco heron (ardeola ralloides).