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Nature Attractions In Ribeira Brava

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Ribeira Brava is a municipality on the island of Madeira, in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of Madeira. It is located along the southern coast , and is west of Câmara de Lobos and the regional capital Funchal, south of São Vicente, and east of Ponta do Sol. The population in 2011 was 13,375, in an area of 65.41 km².The municipality gained its name due to its river - Ribeira Brava, which translates as 'the angry river'. In rainy seasons, the river had an extremely strong and powerful current, that often wreaked havoc over the entire eight kilometres of the route.
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  • 2. Ponta de Sao Lourenco Machico
    Ponta de São Lourenço is the easternmost point of the island of Madeira, it is inside the town of Caniçal and forms a part of the municipality of Machico. Its terrain are made up of rocks and herbaceous vegetation. Since 1982, the headland is a nature reserve, where it has the conservation of its endemic plants including Matthiola maderensis, Echium nervosum and Andryala glandulosa and fauna, being birds, insects and molluscs. One of them is Monachus monachus, a butterfly. Marine fauna are in the waters surrounding the headland. Northeast of the islet is Porto Santo and southeast is Bugio and the Deserted Islands. Nearby are a few islets with the easternmost being Ilhéu do Farol , where its nearby lighthouse is located. The headland's highest point is Pico do Furado. The headland has a...
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