Mira River
The Mira River is a Portuguese river in southwestern Alentejo. It is 145 kilometres long. It has its sources on the northern slopes of the Serra do Caldeirão and pursues a southeast–northwest course with a generally mild inclination to the Atlantic Ocean, where it discharges through a small calm delta near the town of Vila Nova de Milfontes, 115 kilometres south of Lisbon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Also known as: “Ribeira de Mira”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia das Furnas and Praia do Farol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Nova de Milfontes.
Vila Nova de Milfontes
Town
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Vila Nova de Milfontes is a town and civil parish in the municipality of Odemira, in the Alentejo region in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 5,653, in an area of 76.48 km2.
Mira River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Beja District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Mira River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Mira”
- Catalan: “riu Mira”
- Catalan: “Riu Mira”
- Cebuano: “Rio Mira”
- Chinese: “米拉河”
- Chuvash: “Мира”
- Dutch: “Mira River”
- Dutch: “Rio Mira”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميرا”
- French: “Mira”
- Galician: “Río Mira”
- Georgian: “მირა”
- German: “Rio Mira”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mira”
- Italian: “Mira”
- Lithuanian: “Mira”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mira i Portugal”
- Persian: “رودخانه میرا (پرتغال)”
- Persian: “رودخانه میرا”
- Portuguese: “Mira”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mira”
- Russian: “Мира”
- Spanish: “Mira”
- Spanish: “Río Mira”
- Tajik: “Дарёи миро (пуртиғол)”
- Tajik: “Мира”
- Ukrainian: “Міра (річка, Португалія)”
- Ukrainian: “Міра”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mira”
- Welsh: “Afon Mira”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pedra da Foz and Arcanjo Statue.
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