Jarama
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Jarama (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a river in central Spain. It flows north to southScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and passes east of Madrid[1] where the El Atazar Dam is built on a tributary, the Lozoya River.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It flows into the river Tagus in Aranjuez.[2] The Manzanares is a tributary of the Jarama.[3]
The Jarama in history
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The song Jarama Valley, with lyrics referencing the battle, became popular among the Republican battalions.
In fiction
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