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In the well-preserved textile colony of L’Ametlla de Merola we find this waterfall of the Llobregat river, which, when a lot of rainwater falls, forms this fantastic waterfall to see and that we can contemplate (and listen to) in Readers’ Photos from The Vanguard.
Civil Protection of the Generalitat de Catalunya has already deactivated the alert of the Inuncat plan due to the forecast of heavy rains after the episode of yesterday Tuesday that caused the Llobregat river to experience a remarkable flood, as can be seen in these images the Berguedà
And it is important that it has rained so much after so many months of drought, because the upper basin of the Llobregat River supplies water to the Barcelona metropolitan area and helps produce hydroelectric power.
The Llobregat rises in the municipality of Castellar de n’Hug, in the Berguedà, at 1259 meters of altitude in the Sierra del Cadí, and flows into the Mediterranean Sea, forming a swampy delta.
Ametlla de Merola is a village of about 300 inhabitants located on the southern slope of the Berguedà region. Its origin dates back to 1832, in the mill of Josep Comas i Ametlla, with a small factory. This incipient economic activity coincided with the time when textiles were taking off in Catalonia.
