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João Leite (footballer)
João Leite may refer to: * João Leite River, river in Goiás, Brazil * João Leite de Bettencourt (1916-1873), Brazilian chemist and politician * João Leite (footballer) (born 1955), Brazilian politician and former footballer {{dab, hn=Leite, Joao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Leite River
The João Leite River () is a river of Goiás state in central Brazil. It is a tributary of the Meia Ponte River. Reservoir In May 1994 part of the Altamiro de Moura Pacheco State Park was removed to make way for the Ribeirão João Leite Reservoir, planned to supply water to the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia, the state capital. The park was reduced in size to . The João Leite Reservoir provides water for over one million people. State law 18.462 of 9 May 2014 created the João Leite State Park with an area of from part of the area taken for the reservoir. The two parks now total . Springs In February 2015 the head of the state office for environmental crimes warned that 23 springs that feed the Ribeirão João Leite can no longer be recovered. The river has 491 springs in total, of which 70 are fully protected. Unless action was taken to protect the remaining springs, the reservoir would dry up in a few years. Farmers have been cooperating with efforts to recover the enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Leite De Bettencourt
João Leite de Bettencourt (21 August 1916, Nossa Senhora do Rosário - 12 March 1973, Nossa Senhora do Rosário) was a chemist, industrialist and politician from the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, important for his role in local government and modernization/expansion of the ''Fábrica de Cerâmica Lima''.Câmara Municipal da Lagoa (ed.), "100 Centenário do Nascimente de João Leite de Bettencourt" (2016) Biography João Leite was born to João Moniz Pacheco de Bettencourt and his wife Maria dos Anjos Adão Leite in 1916, in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, municipality of Lagoa. In 1942 he received his diploma in chemical analysis from the ''Instituto Industrial de Lisboa'' (which later became the ''Institute Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa''. Career Following his time on the continent he returned to São Miguel to begin his professional career, working from the ''Fabrica de Lactincínios Loreto''. He married on 10 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |