Arade
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 View from Portimão over the Arade to Ferragudo |
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| Data | ||
| location | Algarve , Portugal | |
| River system | Arade | |
| source | in the Serra do Caldeirão | |
| muzzle | At Ferragudo in the Atlantic Ocean Coordinates: 37 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 30 ″ W 37 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 30 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height |
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| length | 73 km | |
| Right tributaries | Odelouca | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Dam Funcho , dam Arade | |
| Medium-sized cities | Portimão | |
| Small towns | Silves | |
| Communities | Ferragudo | |
The Arade is a river in southern Portugal that flows exclusively through the Faro district of the Algarve region . It rises in the Serra do Caldeirão , is dammed into reservoirs in its middle course by two dams, flows past Silves and finally flows into the Atlantic at Portimão and Ferragudo .
Up until the 19th century, the Arade was navigable up to Silves . Today this is no longer possible due to siltation .
Dams and reservoirs
The Arade is dammed by two dams:
- Funcho dam ( Portuguese Barragem do Funcho )
- Arade dam (Portuguese Barragem do Arade )
Web links
Commons : Arade - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plano Estratégico de Desenvolvimento do Concelho de Silves ( Memento of April 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF 5.7 MB p. 19).