Peio, gold and stream Cavez
Water also organizes the work of the fields.
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The agricultural landscape is not only explained by the presence of water. The municipal tourist presentation describes two ways of adapting the land: terraces on the slopes and use of small alluvials associated with Tâmega and courses such as Peio, Gold and the brook of Cavez.
On the slopes, the fields accompany constructed steps; next to the rivers, deposit land is used. They are different ways of working the relief. Reading invites to compare the shape of the fields and their relationship with water, without assigning to all the land the same origin or cultivation.
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Municipality — landscape and vegetation
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