Levada de Cima (de Boaventura)

Madrei

Ribeira dos Moinhos N 32°48.500 W 16°58.800 ca. 430 m a.s.l.

Course

Achada do Castanheira, Levada de Cima, then, before the ER-220, a first large side branch turns off and at once splits again into a western and an eastern branch. The western branch leads to Ponta Delgada, the eastern branch to Lombadinha. The main branch continues along the ER-220, turns off north-east towards Ponta Delgada and ends in a large reservoir in Ponta Delgada. A second side branch continues along the ER-220 and supplies the south-western fields of Ponta Delgada with water.

End

Ponta Delgada ca. 125 m a.s.l.

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Function and use

Irrigation of the area around Levada de Cima, Lombadinha and Ponta Delgada

Access

Via the Levada da Achada Grande (descent from the Madre), the hamlet of Levada de Cima, Cabo da Ribeira (end of the road), ER-220

Condition

Easy

Remarks

The course from the Madre via Levada de Cima to the ER-220 is flat, then along the road and steeply down to the fields of Ponta Delgada