The Fajã do Centeio is a permanent debris field, built from the collapsing cliffs on the northern coast of the

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Rosais Rosais (literally, archaic Portuguese for "rosaries") is a civil parish in the municipality of Velas in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 743, in an area of 24.23 km². History Although Rosais was first ...

, in the municipality of

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, island of São Jorge, in the Portuguese archipelago of the

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. This area is accessible from two trails from

Fajã de João Dias (, of unknown etymology) is a Portuguese term of obscure origin used to describe Supralittoral zone, supratidal scree, talus at the foot of coastal cliffs, caused by landslides or lava flows.G. Lameiras et al. (2009), p.827 Although relatively c ...

. There are few habitable homes, since most of the area was abandoned after the 1980 earthquake. Today, those buildings still in use are occupied in the summer or during the growing season. Owing to its distance from potable water the area is supported by cisterns, normally used for the cultivation of vineyards, corn, potatoes, wheat, and a few other crops.

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