The Alte River () is a small river in the
Portuguese region of the
Algarve
The Algarve (, , ; from ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities ( ''concelhos'' or ''municípios'' in Portuguese).
The region has it ...
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The river along with the
Algibre River, another tributary, becomes the
Quarteira River after the two rivers
conflux. The source
of the river is a short distance east of the village of
Alte and it runs for a distance of to its confluence with the Algibre River near the village of
Paderne.
Description
The Algibre is one of a number of small rivers in the central Algarve which make up the water ecosystem known as the Querença–Silves Aquifer System.
Gallery
References
Rivers of Portugal
Rivers of the Algarve
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