Cavado River

The Cávado River is a river located in northern . 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 .
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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.

Lighthouse
Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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 , in the district of , in .

Town hall
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esposende and Marinhas.

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in 's region on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago. The town has 9,800 inhabitants.

is a town in 's region on the Portuguese Coastal Way trail of the Camino de Santiago.

Village
is a former civil parish in the municipality of Esposende, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Esposende, Marinhas e . is situated 3 km southeast of Cavado River.

Cavado River

Latitude
41.54134° or 41° 32′ 29″ north
Longitude
-8.79096° or 8° 47′ 28″ west
Open location code
8CHHG6R5+GJ
Geo­Names ID
2740944
Wiki­data ID
Q14582
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Satellite Map

Discover Cavado River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Cavado River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Cávado”
  • Basque: “Cávado”
  • Belarusian: “Каваду”
  • Bulgarian: “Кавадо”
  • Catalan: “Cávado”
  • Cebuano: “Rio Cávado”
  • Chinese: “卡瓦多河”
  • Chinese: “卡瓦杜河”
  • Chuvash: “Каваду”
  • Dutch: “Cávado River”
  • Esperanto: “Cávado”
  • 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”

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