Alva River
Alva River is a river in Portugal. It flows into the Mondego River. The river Alva is a mountain river, a tributary of the Mondego, rising on the southwest slope of the Serra da Estrela and running about 110 kilometres until draining into the river Mondego…Photo: NielsF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Historically known as: “Rio Albula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raiva Dam.
Raiva Dam
Dam
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raiva Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Mondego. It is located in the municipality Penacova, in Coimbra District, Portugal. The dam was completed in 1981.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penacova and Friúmes e Paradela.
Penacova
Town
Photo: Dantadd, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Penacova is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km2. Penacova is situated 4 km southwest of Alva River.
Friúmes e Paradela
Village
Photo: Sophia Sério, CC BY 3.0.
Friúmes e Paradela is a civil parish in the municipality of Penacova, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Friúmes and Paradela. The population in 2011 was 870, in an area of 22.18 km². Friúmes e Paradela is situated 4½ km southeast of Alva River.
Travanca do Mondego
Village
Oliveira do Mondego e Travanca do Mondego is a civil parish in the municipality of Penacova, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Oliveira do Mondego and Travanca do Mondego. Travanca do Mondego is situated 6 km northeast of Alva River.
Alva River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Coimbra District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Alva River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Alva”
- Cebuano: “Rio Alva”
- Chuvash: “Риу-Альва”
- Dutch: “Alva (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Alva”
- French: “Alva”
- German: “Alva”
- Hungarian: “Alva”
- Irish: “Abhainn Alva”
- Japanese: “アルヴァ川”
- Portuguese: “Alva”
- Portuguese: “Rio Alva”
- Russian: “Проект:Водные объекты/Реки/Алва”
- Russian: “Риу-Альва”
- Spanish: “Alva”
- Spanish: “Río Alva”
- Welsh: “Afon Alva”
- Western Frisian: “Alva”
- “Alva”
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