Mar da Palha

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Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  W.

Mar da Palha with the Ponte Vasco da Gama bridge

Mar da Palha , which means something like "straw lake", is a common but unofficial name in Portugal for the extensive river delta of the Tejo ( Tajo in Spain ), which widens and narrows again before flowing into the Atlantic thus forms a kind of open lake.

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  1. ↑ DA LISBOA ORIENTAL, O OCEANO, O TEJO EO MAR DA PALHA . practice you. Accessed July 24, 2016 (Portuguese)