Ribeira do Paul

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Ribeira do Paúl
R’bera d Poul
Origin Santo Antão
Length approximately 5 km
Mouth elevation Atlantic Ocean
Basin area Atlantic Ocean

Ribeira do Paul (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: R’bera d Poul) is a ribeira (stream) that flows in the northeastern part of the island of Santo Antão in Cape Verde. The stream flows from southwest to northeast.

[edit] Geography

The stream begins just northeast of the mounaintop and the caldera of Pico da Cruz in a cliffy setting that some bushes lies within these gorges. A main road linking several settlements in the valley lies for the rest of the ribeira's length up to Paúl, farmlands which are also in the slopey areas and several other types of trees lies in the valley within the distance between 200 and 400 m from the stream. The mountains surround almost the entirel length. The finally flows into the town of Paúl and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the town centre as well as the LBRA1 road linking Ponta do Sol as well Ribeira Grande and Janela.

[edit] Places within the stream

In order of the stream's direction from south to north:

[edit] See also

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The island of Santo Antão and the surrounding islands
Communities and settlements
Parishes
Streams
Mountains
Other geographical features