Ribeira de Tancos

Ribeira de Tancos is a stream in Carregueira, Chamusca Municipality, Santarém District. Ribeira de Tancos is situated nearby to the hamlet Arripiado, as well as near the locality Loreto.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tancos Halt and Almourol.

Tancos Halt

Railway stop

Photo: Tagido, Public domain.

Tancos Halt is a railway stop.

Almourol is an islet in the Tagus river, in the Portuguese civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The small island lies in the middle of the Tagus, a few kilometres below its confluence with the Zêzere River.

Almourol Train Station

Railway station

Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Almourol Train Station is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tancos and Arripiado.

Tancos

Village

Photo: Tagido, Public domain.

Tancos is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha. The population in 2011 was 243, in an area of 2.04 km2. Tancos parish is the location of an important military area that includes the Tancos Military Air Field, the Parachute Troops School and a military engineering unit.

Arripiado

Hamlet

Arripiado is a village in the Parish of Carregueira in the northern county of Chamusca near the southern bank of the River Tagus in Portugal. It is in this town that the wetland of Ribatejana begins.

Freguesia de Vila Nova da Barquinha

Town

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freguesia de Vila Nova da Barquinha is a town, which is situated 3 km west of Ribeira de Tancos.

Ribeira de Tancos

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Carregueira, Chamusca Municipality, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

39.45821° or 39° 27′ 30″ north

Longitude

-8.39611° or 8° 23′ 46″ west

Elevation

20 metres (66 feet)

Open location code

8CFHFJ53+7H

GeoNames ID

2262763

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Localities in the Area

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