Levada da Morena

Madrei

Madre 1: Ribeira de Joao Ferino N 32°42.600 W 16°50.750 ca. 660 m a.s.l.

Madre 2: Ribeira de Joao Ferino N 32°42.300 W 16°50.050 ca. 660 m a.s.l.

Course

The levada can be divided into 3 sections:

Section 1: Ribeira de Joao Ferino, crossing of the ER-102 in Joao Ferino, on to Madre 2

Section 2: Madre 2 as far as the crossing with the Levada dos Tornos in Ribeira do Eixo,

Section 3: From the crossing with the Levada dos Tornos along the road via Lamarejas and Morena to Santa Cruz

End

Santa Cruz ca. 20 m a.s.l.

Function and use

Irrigation of the area along the levada

Access

Section 1:

• From the ER-202

• Levada da Serra do Faial (bridge over the Ribeira de Joao Ferino)

• ER-102 in Joao Ferino

Section 2:

• ER-102 in Joao Ferino

• ER-102

• ER-102

• ER-102

• Via the road to Santa Cruz, Levada dos Tornos

Section 3:

• Regional road between Joao Ferino and Santa Cruz (Lamarejas)

Condition

Section 1: From the Levada da Serra do Faial towards the Madre, easy; down the valley somewhat exposed at first, then moderate; from the piped stretch the path is overgrown and very hard to get through as far as the first fields, then easy on field paths

Section 2: Easy and in good condition

Section 3: Easy (along the road)

Remarks

Section 1 also serves to irrigate the fields above Joao Ferino (a branch off the piped part). The rest of the pipeline leads into Madre 2. There, water from the Ribeira de Joao Ferino is also still brought in.

On our visit in 2015 the levada carried water only as far as the Levada dos Tornos; after that it was dry

In 2017 I drove up the abnormally steep road from Santa Cruz and took the pictures of section 3 on the way