protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão in the
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the o ...
.Resolução nº 36/2016 , Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas It covers part of the north coast of the island, between the rivers
Ribeira da Garça
Ribeira da Garça is a river in the northern part of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde, Santo Antão in Cape Verde. Its source is on the north side of the eastern plateau of the island, northeast of Pico Moroços.Reservas Naturais Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde It takes its name from the village ''Cruzinha da Garça'', part of the town