Madeira Nature Reserve

	Madeira Nature Reserve The Madeira Nature Reserve covers about two thirds of the area of Madeira Island. It was created in 1982. Main Protected Areas in the Madeira Nature Reserve * Ilhas Desertas Nature Reserve Ilhas Selvagens Nature Reserve Parcial do Garajau Nature Reserve The Garajau Partial Nature Reserve is a Portuguese marine reserve located on the Funchal Bay offshore Madeira Island. The protected area has existed since 1986. It is a location for snorkelling and scuba-diving. Dive centres exist in the Garaja ... * Rocha do Navio Nature Reserve References {{coord missing, Portugal Madeira Island Geography of Madeira Environment of Madeira Protected areas of Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Madeira Island Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of , including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2011, Madeira had a total population of 262,456. The island is the top of a massive submerged shield volcano that rises about from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The volcano formed atop an east–west rift in the oceanic crust along the African Plate, beginning during the Miocene epoch over 5 million years ago, continuing into the Pleistocene until about 700,000 years ago. This was followed by extensive erosion, producing two large amphitheatres open to south in the central part of the island. Volcanic activity later resumed, producing scoria cones and lava flows atop the older eroded shield. The most recent volcanic eruptions were on the west-central part of the island only 6,500 years ago, creating more cinder cones and lava flows. Madeira is the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ilhas Desertas Nature Reserve Tiswadi ( pt, Ilhas de Goa, lit=Islands of Goa, or simply ''Ilhas'') is a sub-district in the district of North Goa, situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa. It is the largest and populous island of Goa situated in the basin of the Zuari and Mandovi rivers. It was one of the first territories to be annexed by Portugal in 1510 AD. Both the state capital Panaji, and the former capital Old Goa are within the sub-district. It is one of 6 major islands between the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. Etymology The word ''Tiswadi'' itself, originated in the late 1970s and it referred to thirty settlements of Goud Saraswat Brahmins who settled when they migrated to Goa. The descendants of these settlers now form the native ''Bammon'' (Brahman) community. Geography It is geographically made up of several small riverine islands within the Mandovi River forming its northern boundary, the Cumbarjua Canal making its eastern border, and the Zuari River making up its southern border. As the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ilhas Selvagens Nature Reserve Tiswadi ( pt, Ilhas de Goa, lit=Islands of Goa, or simply ''Ilhas'') is a sub-district in the district of North Goa, situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa. It is the largest and populous island of Goa situated in the basin of the Zuari and Mandovi rivers. It was one of the first territories to be annexed by Portugal in 1510 AD. Both the state capital Panaji, and the former capital Old Goa are within the sub-district. It is one of 6 major islands between the Mandovi and Zuari rivers. Etymology The word ''Tiswadi'' itself, originated in the late 1970s and it referred to thirty settlements of Goud Saraswat Brahmins who settled when they migrated to Goa. The descendants of these settlers now form the native ''Bammon'' (Brahman) community. Geography It is geographically made up of several small riverine islands within the Mandovi River forming its northern boundary, the Cumbarjua Canal making its eastern border, and the Zuari River making up its southern border. As th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Parcial Do Garajau Nature Reserve The Garajau Partial Nature Reserve is a Portuguese marine reserve located on the Funchal Bay offshore Madeira Island. The protected area has existed since 1986. It is a location for snorkelling and scuba-diving. Dive centres exist in the Garajau Reserve. The Garajau reserve is listed on ‘the MPA Global’ a marine-focused database of the world's protected areas that have some intertidal and/or subtidal component. Marine species that can be seen in the Garajau Reserve include dusky groupers (''Epinephelus marginatus''), moray eels (''Muraena helena'') and garden eel The garden eels are the subfamily Heterocongrinae in the conger eel family Congridae. The majority of garden eels live in the Indo-Pacific, but species are also found in warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean (including the Caribbean) and East Paci ...s (''Taenioconger longissimus''). Hunting and fishing are forbidden within the Madeiran marine reserves. The second marine nature reserve in Madeira is on the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rocha Do Navio Nature Reserve Rocha may refer to: * Rocha (surname), a Portuguese surname * Rocha, Moca, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico * Rocha, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Rocha, Uruguay, capital city of the Rocha Department * Rocha Department, a department in the east of Uruguay See also * A Rocha, an international conservation organization with a Christian ethos * Pêra Rocha, a Portuguese variety of pear * Rocca (other) Rocca may refer to: Rocca (surname) Rocca (fortification), a fortifiable stronghold * Rocca (crater), a lunar crater Rocca (French rapper) (born 1975), French–Colombian rapper Places ;Municipalities (''comuni'') of Italy Rocca Canavese, ... {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Geography Of Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign state , subdivision_name=Portugal , established_title=Discovery , established_date=1418-1419 , established_title2=Settlement , established_date2=c. 1425 , established_title3=Autonomous status , established_date3=30 April 1976 , named_for = en, wood ( pt, madeira) , official_languages= Portuguese , demonym= en, Madeiran ( pt, Madeirense) , capital = Funchal , government_type=Autonomous Region , leader_title1=Representative of the Republic , leader_name1=Irineu Barreto , leader_title2= President of the Regional Government of Madeira , leader_name2= Miguel Albuquerque , leader_title3=President of the Legislative Assembly , leader_name3=José Manuel Rodrigues , legislature= Legislative Assembly , national_representation=Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Environment Of Madeira Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms Other physical and cultural environments Ecology, the branch of ethology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact Market environment, business term Arts, entertainment and publishing ''Environment'' (magazine), a peer-reviewed, popular envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]