Serra de Água
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Serra de Água is a parish in the district of Ribeira Brava in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 1,317, its density is 53.3/km² and the area is 24.7 km². The main industry is agriculture. It is connected north of the road linking Calheta and Funchal
by a road linking Ribeira Brava and São Vicente. The mountains dominate the parish and the valley of Ribeira Brava in which begins is situated in the middle. Mountaintops lies to the east and west. Steep cliffs that are covered with forests and rocks are in the central part. Streams dominate the mountains. Ribeira Brava has reservoirs for drinking water and hydro. Forests covers the west-central , the southwestern and the eastcentral parts of the parish. Barren lands covers the rest of Serra de Água. A few farmlands are within Serra de Água.
The Atlantic Ocean
is to the south. The mountains are to the north. The parish of Ponta do Sol borders to its west. Tabua is in a valley setting with a stream running just west of Tábua. The stream flows with several streams from the mountaintop that is like a crater rim of a volcano. A smaller stream almost forms a parish boundary with Ribeira Brava. The municipality of Ponta do Sol is bounded to the west. Mountain and unused roads leads to the mountains.
Serra de Água has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
by a road linking Ribeira Brava and São Vicente. The mountains dominate the parish and the valley of Ribeira Brava in which begins is situated in the middle. Mountaintops lies to the east and west. Steep cliffs that are covered with forests and rocks are in the central part. Streams dominate the mountains. Ribeira Brava has reservoirs for drinking water and hydro. Forests covers the west-central , the southwestern and the eastcentral parts of the parish. Barren lands covers the rest of Serra de Água. A few farmlands are within Serra de Água.
The Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
is to the south. The mountains are to the north. The parish of Ponta do Sol borders to its west. Tabua is in a valley setting with a stream running just west of Tábua. The stream flows with several streams from the mountaintop that is like a crater rim of a volcano. A smaller stream almost forms a parish boundary with Ribeira Brava. The municipality of Ponta do Sol is bounded to the west. Mountain and unused roads leads to the mountains.
Nearest parishes
- Tabua, west
- São Vicente, northwest and northeast
- Ponta Delgada, northeast
- Curral das FreirasCurral das FreirasCurral das Freiras , is a civil parish in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. In 2001 the popylation was just over 1673 residents, in an area that covers 25.07 km² of the interior mountain range of the island, in the shadow of Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo...
, east - Campanário, east
- Ribeira Brava, south
Geography
- Location:
- Latitude: 32.71667 (32°43') N
- Longitude: 17.033 (17°2') W
- Altitude:
- Centre: 640 m (2,103 ft)
Serra de Água has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasia, a church and a square (praça).
External links
- Map and aerial photos
- Street map: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
- Satellite images: Google
- Coordinates: 32°43′0"N 17°2′0"W