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A levada is an irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira.Madeira island is wet in the northwest, but dry in the southeast. In the 16th century the Portuguese started building levadas to carry water to the agricultural regions in the south.
The parish is situated in the southwest part of the island, encircled by dense vegetation and high mountains, including specifically the Picoda Cruz, Pico do Cedro and Pico Grande. [3] The lands are irrigated by numerous ravines, such as the Ribeira da Fajã das Éguas , Ribeira do Poço and Ribeira da Serra de Água (which are affluentes of ...
The following is a list of the largest cities/towns of Madeira. Funchal is the only city with a population over ... Porto da Cruz; Ponta Delgada, São Vicente; Ponta ...
Água Grande is a district of São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island. Its capital , São Tomé , is also the national capital of the equatorial Atlantic island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
The Lada 111 or VAZ-2111 is AvtoVAZ's front wheel drive car with a station wagon bodystyle (modification of Lada 110). It was manufactured from 1998 to 2009. It was manufactured from 1998 to 2009. The vehicle is still manufactured in Cherkasy by Bogdan , marketed as the "Bogdan 2111", with only minor alterations.
Alenquer, Portugal; Cartagena, Colombia; Évora, Portugal; Florianópolis, Brazil; Funchal, Portugal; Gilroy, United States; Golegã, Portugal; Gramado, Brazil ...
The Quinta da Boa Vista is a historic quinta ('estate') and orchid garden in the Santa Maria Maior parish of Funchal on the island of Madeira, overlooking the central and western parts of Funchal. It contains one of the last remaining walled stair terrace gardens of Funchal and continues to draw its water from the levada irrigation system. [ 1 ]
Arco da Calheta is a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta in the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 3,168, [ 1 ] in an area of 14.70 km². [ 2 ] Arco da Calheta is the largest parish in Calheta in population.