Aljezur River
The Aljezur River is a small river in the Portuguese region of the Algarve. The river runs westwards for 9.8 kilometres from its start in the village of Aljezur from the confluence of the River Alfambres and River Cerca to its mouth on the Atlantic western Algarve coast at Praia da Amoreira.Photo: Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Concierge.2C, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Also known as: “Amoreira River”, “Ribeira de Algexur”, and “Rio d’Aljezur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia da Amoreira and Praia de Monte Clérigo.
Praia da Amoreira
Beach
Photo: Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Praia da Amoreira is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is on the western Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve.
Praia de Monte Clérigo
Beach
Photo: Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Praia do monte Clérigo is a beach within the municipality of Aljezur, in Algarve, Portugal. The beach is on the western Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve.
Praia da Carreagem
Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Praia da Carreagem is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal. The beach is on the western Seaboard in the north west of the Algarve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rogil and Aljezur.
Rogil
Village
Photo: Sacavem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rogil is a Portuguese civil parish in Aljezur Municipality. It lies within the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park. The population in 2011 was 1,126, in an area of 34.96 km². Rogil is situated 4½ km northeast of Aljezur River.
Aljezur
Aljezur is a city and the northernmost municipality in the district of Faro in Algarve, the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. The village is located in a natural park, the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e da Costa Vicentina, close to the border of the Algarve with the Alentejo region.
Arrifana
Hamlet
Photo: Aleksandr Zykov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arrifana is a small parish and fishing village in the Faro District's Aljezur Municipality in the Barlavento Algarvio region of Portugal. It is situated near the border between the Aljezur and Alentejo regions on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and is within the Costa Vicentina park. Arrifana is situated 6 km south of Aljezur River.
Aljezur River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chuvash to Welsh—“Aljezur River” goes by many names.
- Chuvash: “Алжезур”
- Irish: “Abhainn Aljezur”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira de Aljezur”
- Russian: “Алжезур (река)”
- Russian: “Алжезур”
- Spanish: “Río Aljezur”
- Welsh: “Afon Aljezur”
- “Ribeira de Aljezur”
Localities in the Area
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