The Zumeta River, or Río Zumeta in Spanish, is a river in southeastern Spain in the Province of Albacete, Spain.[1] The Zumeta is a formed from a confluence of various streams near Santiago de la Espada in the Province of Jaén. It is a tributary of the Segura River.[2]
The Zumeta, together with the Aguacebas River, the Madera River, and the Anchuricas Reservoir (el Embalse de Anchuricas), is one of the areas of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park designated as a high-mountain trout fishing area with rules for catch-and-release fishing of the brown trout.[3]
The Zumeta is protected as a natural river reserve from its point of origin to the Novia Reservoir.[4]
Carreño Cuevas, A. y Mateo Saura, M.A.: Investigaciones de arte rupestre en la cuenca del río Zumeta (Albacete y Jaén), II Congreso de Historia de Albacete: del 22 al 25 de noviembre de 2000, Vol. 1, 2002 (Arqueología y prehistoria / coord. por Rubí Sanz Gamo), ISBN84-95394-40-5, págs. 103-109.
