Thread: What are the Barrancos for?
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Old 12th January 2008, 20:48   #3 (permalink)
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What are the Barranco's for?
I saw them in Gran Canaria, and in Tenerife.
I have been told different things; they are for lava flow in case of an eruption, they used to be open sewers, they used to be the supply of fresh water from the underground lakes, they are for flood water from Teide's ice.
Can anybody help?
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Dave.
I was told they are for the drainage/passage of water from the mountains and higher land. They have to be kept there to allow for the passage of water.
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