Alte River
The Alte River is a small river in the Portuguese region of the Algarve. The river along with the Algibre River, another tributary, becomes the Quarteira River after the two rivers conflux.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Also known as: “Ribeira de Alte”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, matriz de Alte and Alte Waterfall.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, matriz de Alte
Church
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, matriz de Alte is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alte and Sarnadas, Loulé.
Alte
Village
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Alte is a village and civil parish in the municipality of Loulé, in the Algarve region in the south of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,997, in an area of 94.33 square kilometres.
Sarnadas, Loulé
Hamlet
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Sarnadas, Loulé is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Alte River.
Querença, Tôr e Benafim
Village
Querença, Tôr e Benafim is a civil parish in the municipality of Loulé, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Querença, Tôr and Benafim. The population in 2011 was 2,713, in an area of 102.18 km². Querença, Tôr e Benafim is situated 4½ km east of Alte River.
Alte River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.23739° or 37° 14′ 15″ northLongitude
-8.17317° or 8° 10′ 23″ westElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
8C9H6RPG+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1067917408OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=streamGeoNames ID
2271844Wikidata ID
Q18109569
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Alte River” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Abhainn Alte”
- Spanish: “Río Alte”
- Welsh: “Afon Alte”
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