Cavado River
The Cávado River is a river located in northern Portugal. It has its source in Serra do Larouco at an elevation of 1,520 metres above sea level. It runs 135 kilometres from Fonte da Pipa, near the triangulation station Larouco, to its mouth into the Atlantic Ocean next to the city of Esposende.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Also known as: “Cávado River” and “Rio Cavado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Esposende Lighthouse and Fort São João Baptista of Esposente.
Fort São João Baptista of Esposente
Fort
Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Fort São João Baptista of Esposende, also referred to as São João Baptista Castle and Esposende Fort, is located in the parish of Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra, city and municipality of Esposende, in the district of Braga, in Portugal.
Câmara Municipal de Esposende
Town hall
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Câmara Municipal de Esposende is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esposende and Marinhas.
Esposende
Esposende is a town in Portugal's Minho region on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago. The town has 9,800 inhabitants.
Marinhas
Marinhas is a town in Portugal's Minho region on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago.Gandra
Village
Gandra is a former civil parish in the municipality of Esposende, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra. Gandra is situated 3 km southeast of Cavado River.
Cavado River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Cavado River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Cavado River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Cávado”
- Basque: “Cávado”
- Belarusian: “Каваду”
- Belarusian: “Рака Каваду”
- Bulgarian: “Кавадо”
- Catalan: “Cávado”
- Cebuano: “Rio Cávado”
- Chinese: “卡瓦多河”
- Chinese: “卡瓦杜河”
- Chuvash: “Каваду”
- Dutch: “Cávado River”
- French: “Cávado”
- Galician: “Río Cávado”
- German: “Cávado”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cávado”
- Italian: “Cávado”
- Lithuanian: “Kavadas”
- Mirandese: “Riu Cábado”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cávado”
- Portuguese: “Rio Cávado”
- Russian: “Каваду”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cávado”
- Slovenian: “Cávado”
- Spanish: “Cavado”
- Spanish: “Cávado”
- Spanish: “Río Cávado”
- Swedish: “Cávado”
- Ukrainian: “Каваду”
- Venetian: “Fiume Cávado”
- Welsh: “Afon Cávado”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praia de Esposende and Jardim do Farol.
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