Alcantarilha River
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| Alcantarilha River Ribeiro de Enxurrada[1] | |
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.JPG) Footbridge over the Alcantarilha river in the rivers saltmarshes | |
  Red Dot = Alcantarilha River mouth | |
| Native name | Ribeiro de Alcantarilha (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Municipality | Silves |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Miões, Tunes, Algarve |
| • coordinates | 37°11′58.6″N 8°17′10.0″W / 37.199611°N 8.286111°W |
| Mouth | The south central coast of the Algarve into the Atlantic at Armação de Pêra |
• coordinates | 37°05′55″N 8°21′06″W / 37.098646°N 8.351795°W |
| Length | 12.2 mi (19.6 km), North east to South |
The Alcantarilha River (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˌkɐ̃tɐˈɾiʎɐ]) 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 the municipality of Silves.[2][3] Downstream the river also has several further tributaries including the Algoz River (Ribeiro de Algoz). The river runs for a length of 12.2 miles (19.6 km) from its conflux to the mouth at the Atlantic Ocean in south central Algarve.
