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Ribeira da Torre is a torrential stream in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão in
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 ...
. Its source is in the mountains north of the Cova crater, near the locality Rabo Curto. It flows to the north through the settlements
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, Fajã Domingas Benta and Lugar de Guene. In the city
Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde * Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municip ...
it flows into the river
Ribeira Grande Ribeira Grande may refer to the following places: Cape Verde * Ribeira Grande (stream), a stream on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde, a town on the island of Santo Antão * Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde (municipality), a municip ...
, just upstream of its outflow into the
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. Its upper valley is part of the protected area
Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park, in the east of the island of Santo Antão, is one of ten "natural parks" in the country of Cape Verde.
.Consultoria em Gestão de Recursos Naturais
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in the valley, producing sugar cane, coffee, yam, banana, papaya and mango.Parc Naturel Cova, Paúl et Ribeira da Torre
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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 (stream), Ribeira Grande de Santiago/Ribeira Cadacina *Ribeira Principal *Ribeira Seca (Santiago), ...


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A climb to Topo de Miranda

Visit Cape Verde - Ribeira da Torre
Torre Ribeira Grande Municipality Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park Geography of Santo Antão, Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-river-stub