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    The Ria Formosa lagoon, located in the Algarve, in southern Portugal, is a system of barrier islands that connects to the sea through six inlets. Five...
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    no rias as such: the Ria de Aveiro in Aveiro, and Ria Formosa in Eastern Algarve are actually lagoons. Atlantic coast of Spain Galicia: The Rías Baixas...
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  • Kanhangad, Kerala, India Ria Formosa, a lagoon in the Algarve Formosa Island, Berkshire, England Formosa Province, Argentina Formosa, Argentina, the capital...
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    Union 1580-1640 Kingdom of Portugal 1640-1910  Portugal 1910-present The Ria Formosa lagoon attracted humans from the Palaeolithic age until the end of prehistory...
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    Cacela Island is a sandy barrier island at the mouth of the Ria Formosa in the Algarve region of mainland Portugal. It was part of a peninsula up to the...
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    the coastal littoral of the municipality belongs to the Nature Park of Ria Formosa, one of the more important humid zones in Europe, considered in 2004...
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    Culatra Island is a barrier island located in the Ria Formosa in the Algarve region of Portugal. It has an approximate population of around 700 people...
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    heavily damaged except Faro, which was protected by the sandy banks of Ria Formosa lagoon. In Lagos, the waves reached the top of the city walls. For many...
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    (Praia de Cabanas) and island (Ilha de Cabanas), which belong to the Ria Formosa Nature Park. The history of Cabanas is connected to the commercial tuna...
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    naturism can be legally practised. It is part of the Natural reserve of Ria Formosa. It is also popular among tourists, people that like to swim and bird...
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    situated on top of a hill with a view to the easternmost lagoon of the Ria Formosa. It is the site of the Fortaleza de Cacela. Cacela Velha and the surrounding...
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    visitors to the sand-bar island known as Ilha de Tavira, part of the Ria Formosa natural wetlands park. In recent years the Gran Plaza shopping centre...
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    microalga commonly found in salt marshes. However fleur de sel from Ria Formosa in Portugal is white. Only about 5% of salt is used for cooking, but...
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  • Parque Natural de Litoral Norte) Nature Park of the Ria Formosa (Portuguese: Parque Natural da Ria Formosa) Nature Park of the Serra da Estrela (Portuguese:...
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    fishery for muricid gastropods (banded murex and purple dye murex) in the Ria Formosa lagoon (Algarve coast, southern Portugal)". Scientia Marina. 72 (2):...
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    heavily damaged, except Faro, which was protected by the sandy banks of Ria Formosa. In Lagos, the waves reached the top of the city walls. Other towns in...
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    natural landscape of the parish is marked by the Nature Park of the Ria Formosa, a site of great botanical value and a natural habitat of rare ornithological...
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    40 km east of Faro. Manta Rota Beach is located at the very edge of Ria Formosa Natural Park, an important wetland where migratory birds can be observed...
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    forbidding cliffs. An interesting feature of the Portuguese coast is the Ria Formosa with some sandy islands and a mild and pleasant climate characterized...
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    the north and west by the parish of Moncarapacho, to the south by the Ria Formosa and along the east by the municipality of Tavira. Cinema Topázio (Portuguese:...
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    migratory bird species: the southern marshes of the eastern Algarve (Ria Formosa, Castro Marim) and the Lisbon Region (Tagus Estuary, Sado Estuary) hosting...
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    103,593 39,485 45,527 66,198 Paul de Arzila 1,236 860 841 992 1,363 Ria Formosa 46,662 60,061 17,202 16,805 25,997 Serra da Estrela 3,079 18,429 4,202...
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    From here it flows in a southeasterly direction and passes through the Ria Formosa national park south of Tavira, eventually meeting the Atlantic Ocean...
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  • natural amphitheater on the flanks of the Serra de Monte Figo, over the Ria Formosa and the Atlantic Ocean. The village is a satellite settlement of the...
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    between 1770 and 1794. Located within the boundaries of the Nature Park of Ria Formosa and Rede Natura 2000 sectorial plan, it was included in the Special Protection...
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  • (2003). Spatial distribution of peracarids in the intertidal zone of the Ria Formosa (Portugal). Crustaceana 76 (4): 411–431. Cunha, M.R., J.C. Sorbe, & C...
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    Raffaele (35 mm) (1994) London Brief (DV) (1997) Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (DV) (1999) 6 Easy Pieces (DV) (2000) Roma - un ritratto improvvisario...
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    Cannes Film Festival, Quinzaine dés Réalisateurs, opening film A Luz na Ria Formosa (2005, Documentário, Digital Video, 50’) | Festival DocLisboa and selected...
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    rebuilt as a restaurant in 1972), a stone pine forest adjacent to both the Ria Formosa and the growing resort of Vale do Lobo which had been founded eight years...
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    Plants growing in the sand dunes, Ria Formosa in the Algarve, Portugal...
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