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Cávado River
The Cávado River ( pt, rio Cávado; ) is a river located in northern Portugal. It has its source in Serra do Larouco at an elevation of above sea level. It runs from Fonte da Pipa, near the triangulation station Larouco, to its mouth into the Atlantic Ocean next to the city of Esposende. It flows through the districts of Vila Real and Braga, in Cávado Region, and flows near the towns of Vila Verde and Esposende and cities of Braga and Barcelos. Its tributaries are the Homem River, Rabagão River and Saltadouro River. Dams and Reservoirs Beginning at the headwaters, there are 5 dams on the Cávado: Gallery File:Cavado ponte do bico.jpg, Cávado in Palmeira Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ... File:Foz cavado.jpg , Mouth in Esposende Cáv ...
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Adaúfe (P1000312)
Adaúfe is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in .... The population in 2011 was 3,711, in an area of 10.81 km². References Freguesias of Braga {{braga-geo-stub ...
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Homem River
Homem is a surname meaning "man" in Portuguese. Notable people with the surname include: *Diogo Homem (1521–1576), Portuguese cartographer *Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born 1974), French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ, film director and composer *Lopo Homem Lopo Homem (c. 1497 - c. 1572) was a 16th-century Portuguese cartographer and cosmographer based in Lisbon and best known for his work on the Miller Atlas. Biography Homem is estimated to have been born c. 1497, possibly into a noble family. ... ( 1497– 1572), Portuguese cartographer {{surname Portuguese-language surnames ...
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Caniçada Dam
The Caniçada Dam ( pt, Barragem da Caniçada/HICA-Hidroeléctrica do Cávado-Caniçada, links=no; ) is a concrete arch dam on the Cávado River, the civil parish of Parada do Bouro, in the municipality of Vieira do Minho, in the Portuguese Norte ( district of Braga). It is owned by ''Companhia Portuguesa de Produção de Electricidade'' (CPPE). History The dam was completed and began functioning in 1955. In 196, approval was obtained to begin a program of observation of the dam, as proposed by the ''Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil'' (''Civil Engineering National Laboratory''). Architecture Caniçada Dam is a tall (height above foundation) and long arch dam with a crest altitude of . The volume of the dam is . The dam features a spillway with 4 gates over the dam with a maximum discharge per second, and one bottom outlet with maximum discharge per second. Reservoir At full reservoir level of the reservoir of the dam has a surface area of of 6.89 (5.78) km2 an ...
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Salamonde Dam
Salamonde Dam ( pt, Barragem de Salamonde, links=no; ) is a concrete arch dam on the Cávado River, where the river forms the border line between the districts of Braga and Vila Real. It is located in the municipality Vieira do Minho, in Braga District, Portugal. The dam was completed in 1953. It is owned by ''Companhia Portuguesa de Produção de Electricidade'' (CPPE). The dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier. Dam Salamonde Dam is a 75 m tall (height above foundation) and 284 m long arch dam with a crest altitude of 281 m. The volume of the dam is 93,000 m³. The dam features a spillway with 4 gates over the dam (maximum discharge 1,700 m³/s) and one bottom outlet (maximum discharge 130 m³/s). Reservoir At full reservoir level of 280 m (maximum flood level of 280.5 m) the reservoir of the dam has a surface area of 2.42 (2.36) km² and a total capacity of 65 mio. m³; its active capacity is 56.3 (55 or 57) mio. m³. With the 55 mio. m³ water 26.9 GWh can be produced. Power ...
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Paradela Dam
Paradela may refer to ;Places in Portugal * Paradela (Barcelos), a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos * Paradela (Chaves), a civil parish in the municipality of Chaves * Paradela (Miranda do Douro), a civil parish in the municipality of Miranda do Douro * Paradela (Mogadouro), a civil parish in the municipality of Mogadouro * Paradela (Montalegre), a civil parish in the municipality of Montalegre * Paradela (Penacova), a civil parish in the municipality of Penacova * Paradela (Sever do Vouga), a civil parish in the municipality of Sever do Vouga * Paradela (Tabuaço), a civil parish in the municipality of Tabuaço Tabuaço () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,350, in an area of 133.86 km2. The present mayor is Dr. Carlos André Teles Paulo de Carvalho, elected by the Social Democratic Party (Portugal). Th ... ;Other * Paradela (surname) * Paradela, Lugo, a municipality in Galicia, Spain {{disambiguation, geo, ...
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Alto Cávado Dam
The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by either low women's or high men's voices. In vocal classification these are usually called contralto and male alto or countertenor. Such confusion of "high" and "low" persists in instrumental terminology. Alto flute and alto trombone are respectively lower and higher than the standard instruments of the family (the standard instrument of the trombone family being the tenor trombone), though both play in ranges within the alto clef. Alto recorder, however, is an octave higher, and is defined by its relationship to tenor and soprano recorders; alto clarinet is a fifth lower than B-flat clarinet, already an 'alto' instrument. There is even a contra-alto clarinet, (an octave lower than the alto clarinet), with a range B♭0 – D4. Etymo ...
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Barcelos, Portugal
Barcelos () is a city and a municipality in Braga District in the Minho Province, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 120,391, in an area of 378.90 km2. With 60 parishes, it is the municipality with the highest number of parishes in the country. It is one of the growing municipalities in the country, and is well known by its textile and adobe industries, as well as its horseback riding events and "figurado" style of pottery, which are comical figurines with accentuated features of farmers, folk musicians, and nativity scene characters. Barcelos is part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a Crafts and Folk Art City. History Originally a Roman settlement, it expanded and became the seat of the First Duke of Bragança in the 15th century. The palace of the Dukes of Bragança was destroyed by an earthquake in 1755 and is now an open-air museum. The town is on the Portuguese Way, a Christian pilgrimage route connecting the Camino de Santiago. Constru ...
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ...
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Cávado Subregion
Cávado may refer to: * Cávado Subregion * Cávado River The Cávado River ( pt, rio Cávado; ) is a river located in northern Portugal. It has its source in Serra do Larouco at an elevation of above sea level. It runs from Fonte da Pipa, near the triangulation station Larouco, to its mouth into th ...
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Braga
Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in 2021), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal (by population). Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends from the Cávado River to the Este River. It is the most populated urban area in Portugal outside Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas. It is host to the oldest Portuguese archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Braga of the Catholic Church and it is the seat of the Primacy of the Spains. During the Roman Empire, then known as Bracara Augusta, the settlement was the capital of the province of Gallaecia and later of the Kingdom of the Suebi that was one of the first to separate from the Roman Empire. Inside of the city there is also a castle tower that can be visited. Nowadays, Braga is a major hub for ...
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