Alcoa River
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| Alcoa | |
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 The Alcoa in Alcobaça | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• location | Nazaré |
• coordinates | 39°34′49″N 9°05′05″W / 39.5803°N 9.08472°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Baça |
The Alcoa (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈkoɐ]) is a river of Portugal, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.[1] It rises in the municipality of Alcobaça and flows into the ocean near Nazaré. The river section below the confluence with its tributary Baça is also referred to as Alcobaça.
References
[edit]- ^ José Pedro Duarte Tavares: Hydraulics, Lines of Cistercian Hydraulic System in Alcobaça , in: Cultural Route of the Region of Alcobaça. S. 39-109, Alcobaça 2001, ISBN 972-98064-3-8