Alcantarilha River

Alcantarilha River (Ribeiro de Alcantarilha)
Ribeiro de Enxurrada
River
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
District	Faro
Municipality	Silves
Source
- location	Miões, Tunes, Algarve
- coordinates
Mouth	The south central coast of the Algarve into the Atlantic at Armação de Pêra
Length	12.2 mi (20 km), North east to South
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Alcantarilha River is a small river in the south central region of the Algarve, Portugal. The river begins at the conflux of three tributary streams a little south of the village of Miões in municipality of Silves. Downstream the river also has several further tributaries including the Algoz River (Ribeiro de Algoz). River runs for a length of 12.2 miles (19.6 km) from its conflux to the mouth at the Atlantic ocean in the south central Algarve.

Description

The Armação de Pêra wetlands

The river runs south towards the south coast and its mouth is at Armação de Pêra. At Armação de Pêra the river is the main contributory to an area of shallow salt marsh which over the years has been neglected and is polluted. Plans have been made to improve the environment in the near future as the wetlands are an important habitat for water fowl and a wintering and nesting site for a numerous species of birds. The wetland is also an important stopping point for thousands of migrating birds.