Arade River
| Arade River | |
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 Railway bridge over the Arade at Portimão | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Municipality | Silves, Portimão |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Serra do Malhão at the gully called Barranco do Pé do Coelho |
| Mouth | Into the Atlantic Ocean at Portimão |
| Length | 75 km (47 mi) |
The Arade (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈɾaðɨ]) is a river located in the region of the Algarve, southern Portugal.[1] the river's course takes it through the municipalities of Silves, Lagoa and Portimão. The river remains navigable from the breakwaters at Portimao to the town of Silves. The source[2] of the river lies to the southwest of the Serra do Caldeirão mountain ridge, in a valley called Barranco do Pé do Coelho. The river has a total length of 75.0 kilometres (46.6 mi), with its source being 481 metres (1,578 ft) above sea level. The mouth of the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean between the city of Portimão and the freguesia of Ferragudo, in Lagoa Municipality.
From the time of the Moors until the 19th century, the Arade was navigable up to as far as Silves[2] about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), where an important port used to exist, especially for the cork trade. Nowadays only small boats can go that far.
Dams
[edit]Part of the reason for the present low water flow (and subsequent silting up) of the river has been the erection of two dams in the middle reaches of the river—the Barragem (Dam) de Arade and above it the Barragem do Funcho.
On 23 May 2023 on a peninsula near the Arade Dam which is near Silves and is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from where three year old Madeleine McCann was last seen in her bed at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007 only days before her fourth birthday, Portuguese police along with German and British colleagues began a search of an area just over a 1 mile (1.6 km) long for possible evidence in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Previously, a child's sock was found in the search area in 2008. Hans Christian Wolters of the German prosecutors office in Braunschweig with support from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) requested the May 2023 search which is being coordinated by the deputy director of Polícia Judiciária's Northern Directorate.[3][8] Christian Brückner (also known simply as "Christian B" under German privacy laws) was living in a VW camper van near Praia da Luz when Madeleine disappeared.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Detail Regional Map, Algarve- Southern Portugal, ISBN 3-8297-6235-6
- ^ a b Silves, Tourist Guide to the Town and Borough, By J.D. Garcia Domingues (Empresa Litográfica Do Sul, S.A.).
- ^ a b "New search for Madeleine McCann centers on reservoir in Portugal". CBS News. 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Madeleine McCann: Police to search Portuguese reservoir". BBC. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Livesay, Brandon, ed. (23 May 2023). "LIVE: Madeleine McCann police seen digging at reservoir". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023. This live feed was paused on 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Madeleine McCann disappearance: A timeline". BBC. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Buscas no "pequeno paraíso" de Christian Brueckner, principal suspeito no caso Maddie" [Searches in the "little paradise" of Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in the Maddie case]. SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b Laranjo, Tânia; Laranjo, Francisca; Pando Gomes, Rui (23 May 2023). "Polícia procura fibras de pijama de Maddie em terra da barragem do Arade levada para análise: Polícia está a fazer escavações e está a ser utilizada tecnologia avançada nas diligências" [Police search for fibers of Maddie's pajamas on land of the Arade dam taken for analysis: Police are digging and advanced technology is being used in the efforts.]. CM (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Seitz, Josef (1 February 2022). "TV-Kolumne "SAT.1 investigativ": "Er hat zwei Seiten", "traue ihm das zu". Bekannte packen über Maddie-Verdächtigen aus" [TV column "SAT.1 investigative": "He has two sides", "trust him to do it". Acquaintances unload about Maddie suspects]. Focus Online (www.focus.de) website (in German). Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Fricker, Martin (9 October 2021). "EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann prosecutor 100% convinced Christian B abducted and murdered her: Madeleine McCann prosecutors say they have no body and no DNA but other evidence leads to only one conclusion - jailed rapist Christian Brueckner is guilty and could be charged next year". Daily Mirror. Braunschweig. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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