Ribeira das Bouças
Ribeira das Bouças is a stream in Braganza District, Portugal. Ribeira das Bouças is situated nearby to the village Peredo dos Castelhanos, as well as near the hamlet Pocinho.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pocinho railway station and Pocinho Dam.
Pocinho railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nuno Morão, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pocinho railway station is located on the Iberian gauge Douro line, which serves the town of Pocinho, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in northern Portugal. Pocinho railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeira das Bouças.
Pocinho Dam
Industrial building
Pocinho Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Douro, where the river forms the border line between the districts of Guarda and Bragança. It is located in the municipality Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in Guarda District, Portugal. Pocinho Dam is situated 3 km northwest of Ribeira das Bouças.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pocinho and Urrós.
Pocinho
Hamlet
Photo: André Marques, CC BY 2.0.
Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line, so the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887. Pocinho is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribeira das Bouças.
Urrós
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Urrós is a former parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, with an area of 57.43 km2 and 265 inhabitants. Urrós is situated 6 km southeast of Ribeira das Bouças.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.
Ribeira das Bouças
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Ribeira das Boucas”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Braganza District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.11667° or 41° 7′ northLongitude
-7.08333° or 7° 5′ westElevation
273 metres (896 feet)Open location code
8CHJ4W88+MMGeoNames ID
2742064
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