Selada da Baleia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Selada da Baleia
Selada da Baléa
Elevation around 400 m
Location island of São Vicente, Cape Verde
Pronunciation [sel•a•da da ba•lei•a]

Selada da Baleia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEC: Selada da Baléa, also in the São Vicente Crioulo) is a valley in the eastern portion of the island of São Vicente. The mountain are accessed with a rural and unused unearthened road that link with Madeiral and Praia Grande.

Contents

[edit] Geography

The valley's soil colour are light brown to brown and is made up of rocky ledges, some ledges are colored white. It is made up of grasslands that fill the entire valley. Several streams or ribeiras dominate the valley along with one of the island's major stream in the middle that empty into the Atlantic. Monte Verde lies to the north and a part of the valley is part of that mountain.

[edit] Panorama

The mountain offers a panoramic view of the eastern portion of the island that is only its grassy plain to the east and its beaches as well as the Atlantic Ocean.

[edit] Nearby places

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

The island of São Vicente and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements
Baía das Gatas | Calhau | Lazareto | Limeirão | Madeiral | Mato Inglês | Mindelo | Salamansa | São Pedro | Seixal
Parishes
Nossa Senhora da Luz
Mountains
Caixa | Monte Cara | Monte Verde
Streams
Ribeira do Calhau | Ribeira do Julião | Ribeira da Viana
Other geographical features
Baía das Gatas | Boca da Lapa | Fateixa | Flamengos | Flamenguinhos | Foya Branca | João Evora | João Ribeira | Monte São João | Montona | Morro Branco (point) | Palha Carga | Pico do Vento | Porto Grande | Praia Grande | Saragaça | Selada da Baleia | Viana
Cape Verde | Sotavento | São Vicente