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Ribeira Seca (Santiago)
Ribeira Seca is the largest stream of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It is long and its basin area is . Located in the eastern part of the island, it flows through the municipalities of São Lourenço dos Órgãos and Santa Cruz. Its source is near the highest point of the island, Pico de Antónia, from where it flows to the east to João Teves. It turns to the northeast and flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Achada Fazenda, 2 km southeast of Pedra Badejo. It is called ''Ribeira de Pico da Antónia'' in its uppermost part, and ''Ribeira de Lage'' near João Teves. Its most important tributaries are Ribeira de São Cristovão (coming from near Mendes Faleiro Cabral) and Ribeira da Montanha (coming from near Montanha). The estuary of the Ribeira Seca, Lagoas de Pedra Badejo The Lagoas de Pedra Badejo is an area of wetlands on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is a site comprising two coastal lagoons at the estuaries of the rivers Ribeira dos Picos and Ribeira Seca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico Da Antónia
Pico may refer to: Places The Moon * Mons Pico, a lunar mountain in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium basin Portugal * Pico, a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Verde * Pico da Pedra, a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores * Pico Island, the largest island in the Central Group of the Azores archipelago * Mount Pico (Montanha do Pico), the distinctive stratovolcano that stands on the island of Pico * Pico da Vara, the highest mountain on the island of São Miguel, Azores United States * M. Pico Building, a building in Lafayette County, Florida * PICO Building (Sanford, Florida) * Camp Pico Blanco, a summer camp in Monterey County, California * Pico Mountain, a ski resort in Rutland County, Vermont * Pico Boulevard, a major street in Los Angeles, California * Pico-Union, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Los Angeles * Pico, California, an unincorporated community now part of Pico Rivera, California Elsewhere * General Pico, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Nicolau Tolentino (São Domingos)
São Nicolau Tolentino (Portuguese for Saint Nicholas of Tolentino) is a '' freguesia'' (civil parish) of Cape Verde. It covers the western part of the municipality of São Domingos, on the island of Santiago. Subdivision The ''freguesia'' consists of the following settlements (population at the 2010 census): * Achada Loura (pop: 89) *Achada Mitra (pop: 106) * Água de Gato (pop: 957) *Banana (pop: 180) * Chamine (pop: 79) * Dacabalaio (pop: 47) * Fontes Almeida (pop: 745) *Gudim (pop: 362) * Lagoa (pop: 390) *Mato Afonso (pop: 327) * Mendes Faleiro Cabral (pop: 86) *Mendes Faleiro Rendeiro (pop: 117) * Nora (pop: 323) * Pó de Saco (pop: 174) *Ribeirão Chiqueiro (pop: 773) * Robão Cal (pop: 149) *Rui Vaz (pop: 1,078) * São Domingos (also: ''Várzea da Igreja'', pop: 2,818, city)Cabo V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Santiago, Cape Verde
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Cape Verde
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, " burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Streams In Cape Verde ...
This is a partial list of streams of Cape Verde, sorted by island. ;Boa Vista: *Ribeira do Rabil ;Santiago: * Ribeira Grande de Santiago/Ribeira Cadacina * Ribeira Principal * Ribeira Seca *Ribeira da Trindade ;Santo Antão: * Ribeira de Alto Mira * Ribeira da Cruz * Ribeira da Garça *Ribeira Grande *Ribeira da Janela * Ribeira das Patas *Ribeira do Paul *Ribeira da Torre ;São Vicente: *Ribeira do Calhau *Ribeira de Julião See also *Geography of Cape Verde {{Cape Verde topics Cape Verde Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barragem De Poilão to Achada Fazenda (EN1-ST03).Barragem de Poilão is a dam located in the eastern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, in the municipality of São Lourenço dos Órgãos. It impounds the stream Ribeira Seca, the island's largest river. the reservoir, used for irrigation, stretches between the villages Poilão and Levada. North of the reservoir is the national road from João Teves João Teves is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 ... Specifications The brick dam was completed in July 2006. Its maximum length is 1,235 m, and its maximum surface area is 17 ha. Its surface level is 118 m above sea level, and its depth at the dam is 18 m. Its volume is . ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagoas De Pedra Badejo
The Lagoas de Pedra Badejo is an area of wetlands on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is a site comprising two coastal lagoons at the estuaries of the rivers Ribeira dos Picos and Ribeira Seca, and the entire basin of the latter, including the reservoir Barragem de Poilão. It lies south of the town of Pedra Badejo, on the north-east coast of the island. The lagoons are of great ecological value for birds as they contain fresh or only slightly brackish water. They have been recognised as a wetland of international importance by designation under the Ramsar Convention since 2005. The area around the lagoons is intensively cultivated with coconuts, sugarcane, bananas, cassava and various vegetables. The lagoons, which hold water all year, lie at the mouth of three seasonal watercourses which, when in flood during the wet season, deposit large amounts of mud and debris in the lagoons, making them attractive to water birds such as waders and herons. The site also supports a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montanha
Montanha is a settlement in the central part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated 2 km north of João Teves and 8 km southwest of Pedra Badejo. The area is intensively farmed; mainly maize, beans and sugar-cane. Mahogany trees There are two African mahogany trees near the village of Banana (part of the settlement Montanha), standing at the bottom of the Ribeira Montanha valley, 400 m above sea level. The trees were identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support a colony of purple herons or Bourne's heron Bourne's heron (''Ardea purpurea bournei''), also known as the Cape Verde heron, Cape Verde purple heron or Santiago heron, or locally in Portuguese as the ''garça vermelha'', is an endangered subspecies of the purple heron that is endemic to ...s. References Villages and settlements in Santiago, Cape Verde São Lourenço dos Órgãos Important Bird Areas of Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedra Badejo
Pedra Badejo is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 , p. 32-33 in the eastern part of the island of , . It is on the east coast, north of the island capital , southeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago ( Portuguese for “Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio ( to the east) and Fogo ( to the west). It was the first of the islands to be settled: the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha and a UNESCO World Heritage Site) was founded in 1462. Santiago is home to the nation's capital city of Praia. History The eastern side of the nearby island of Fogo collapsed into the ocean 73,000 years ago, creating a tsunami 170 meters high which struck Santiago. In 1460, António de Noli became the first to visit the island. Da Noli settled at ''Ribeira Grande'' (now Cidade Velha) with his family members and Portuguese from Algarve and Alentejo in 1462.Valor simb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Teves
João Teves is a cityCabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 , p. 32-33 in the central part of the island of , . It is situated 19 km northwest of the capital , on the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico De Antónia
Pico de Antónia is a mountain located in the central part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. At , it is the highest point of the island. The mountain is part of the protected area ''Parque Natural da Serra do Pico de Antónia''.Resolução nº 36/2016 Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas The towns Picos and Assomada lie close to the mountain. The Serra do Pico da Antónia has been identified by as an |
