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Cávado River
The Cávado River (, ) 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 the 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 (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality ... File:Foz cavado.jpg , Mouth in Esposende Cávado Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adaúfe (P1000312)
Adaúfe is a Portuguese ''freguesia'' ("civil parish"), located in the municipality of Braga Braga (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality .... The population in 2011 was 3,711, in an area of 10.81 km2. References Freguesias of Braga {{braga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 famil ... ( 1497– 1572), Portuguese cartographer {{surname Portuguese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caniçada Dam
The Caniçada Dam (; ) 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 and a total capacity of 170.6 mio. m³; its active capacity is 159.3 (144,4) mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamonde Dam
Salamonde Dam (; ) 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 plant Salamonde I The hydroelectr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Sever do Vouga () is a town and a municipality in the District of Aveiro in Portugal The population in 2011 was 12,356, in an area of 129.88 km2. It had 11,734 eligible voters (2013). The municipality is a center of metalworking industry. T ... * Paradela (Tabuaço), a civil parish in the municipality of Tabuaço ;Other * Paradela (surname) * Paradela, Lugo, a municipality in Galicia, Spain {{disambiguation, geo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 four-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. Etymology In choral music for mixed voices, "alto" describes the lowest part commonly sung by women. The explanation for the anomaly of this name is to be found not in the use of adult falsettists in choirs of men and boys but further back in innovations in composition during the mid-15th century. Before this time it was usual to write a melodic ''cantus'' or ''superius'' against a tenor (from Latin ''tenere'', to hold) or 'held' part, to which might be added a contratenor, which was in counterpoint with (in other words, against = contra) the tenor. The composers of Ockeghem's generation wrote two contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 for 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 to the Camino de Santiago. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cávado Subregion
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Cávado may refer to: * Cávado Subregion * Cávado River The Cávado River (, ) 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 Oce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braga
Braga (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 201,583 inhabitants (in 2023), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population. Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends to the Cávado River and is the third most populated urban area in Portugal, behind Lisbon Metropolitan Area, 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 Roman province of Gallaecia and later would become the capital of the Kingdom of the Suebi that was one of the first territories to separate from the Roman Empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
