The Bero is a river in southern
Angola
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. Its mouth is at
Little Fish Bay in the Atlantic Ocean on the north side of the city of
Moçâmedes
Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000 (2014 census). Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016. Moçà ...
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Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a province of Angola. Under Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Moçâmedes is the capital of the province with a ...
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History
In 1849 Portuguese colonists from Brazil started farms along the river. During a period of conflict with the
Ovimbundu in 1862, the Portuguese stationed troops on both banks of the Bero. By the late 19th and early 20th century, the Bero River marshes supported fruit, cotton, sugar and coffee farms, as well as providing fresh water to passing steamships although it was noted that the might be only a foot of water in the river in the dry season. Work to desilt the river and reinforce its banks near the river mouth was done in the 2000s for flood control.
The plant,
Euphorbia berotica, was named after the river because it was discovered in the area.
Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names
Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton Springer, Mar 11, 2004, p. 25
See also
*List of rivers of Angola
This is a list of rivers in Angola. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*Chiloango River
*Congo River
**Inkisi River
**Kasai River (Cassai River)
***Kwango ...
References
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Rivers of Angola