Torre River, Portugal

River of the Algarve, Portugal

Torre River

Red Dot = Torre River at the Alvor Estuary

Native name| Ribeiro da Torre (Portuguese)
Location
Country| Portugal
Region| Algarve
District| Faro
Physical characteristics
Source| Conflux of small streams
• location| Serra de Monchique, Algarve
• coordinates| 37°18′18.0″N 8°36′02.5″W﻿ / ﻿37.305000°N 8.600694°W﻿ / 37.305000; -8.600694
Mouth| Alvor Estuary[1]

• location

| Alvor (Portimão), Algarve, Portugal

• coordinates

| 37°09′02.2″N 8°35′26.2″W﻿ / ﻿37.150611°N 8.590611°W﻿ / 37.150611; -8.590611

The Torre River (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ]) is a small river in the south west Algarve, Portugal.[2][3] The rivers headwater sources are a number of small streams and brooks rising from springs across the Serra de Monchique. The river runs for around 11.0 kilometres (6.8 mi) from these sources southwards towards the town of Portimão where it discharges into the Alvor Estuary[4] close to the coastal village of Alvor.

## References

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1. ^ The south west coast of the Algarve into the Atlantic at The Ria de Alvor (Alvor Estuary)
2. ^ "49-C Monchique", Sheet map scale 1:50 000 Carta Corografica De Portugal – 49D Sheet Map showing the course of the Torre River and its discharge into the Alvor Estuary, Instituto Geografico Portugues, ISBN 9789728867102
3. ^ "49-C Monchique". Listing of the Map on Stanford’s website. Stanfords Bookshop. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
4. ^ The Algarve. Rough guides – Penguin Group. 2010. ISBN 9781848364981. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)

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Rivers and Streams of the Algarve

* Alcantarilha River
* Algibre River
* Aljezur River
* Algoz River
* Alte River
* Arade River
* Bensafrim River
* Boina River
* Espiche River
* Falacho River
* Guadiana River
* Odelouca River
* Quarteira River
* Torre River

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