The Tâmega draws the limit
A river to understand the south of the municipality.
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The Tâmega accompanies much of the south and southeast border of Cabeceiras. To the east, the municipal geographical presentation mentions the Bessa River. The water thus helps to situate the territory, along with the mountains of the north and west.
On the south side, the neighboring municipalities are Celorico and Mondim of Basto; this is Ribeira de Pena. These references allow you to start reading the map before going to the bridges, fields and network of tributaries.
To complete this orientation, it looks to the other sides: Montalegre and Boticas to the north, Vieira from the Minho to the northwest and Fafe to the west. Cabreira and Barroso frame the north; the Serra da Lameira, the west. The administrative limit and the water network are two different ways to read the same territory: it now follows the tributaries to see where the water continues.
From limit to landscape
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Where does the water follow?
The Tâmega receives tributaries and connects this territory to the Douro. The scheme shows the network, without reproducing the limits of the municipality.
The water from here also reaches the Douro →What's north?
The mountains help to situate the landscape above the valleys.
Cabreira, Barroso and Lameira →What changes by the river?
It goes from orientation on the map to deposits and fields of the lowlands.
The river also helps explain the fields →
Source and context
Municipality — geographical framework
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