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Article Nº 1779 Cross-reference · Vol. II · p. 235

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See Levadas (‘irrigation channels’).

See · Nº 2057 · Levada (irrigation channel) Levadas Levadas, Madeira's irrigation channels carrying mountain water to coastal farmland: their origin with the first settlers, economic importance, flows, giro rotations and administration, and water-rights law from 1461 to the 1931 decree. Covers the state levadas, notably Rabaçal and Serra do Faial, the oldest private levadas, Paul da Serra and Porto Santo works, the 1943 irrigation and hydro-electric plan, terminology, forests, and legislation and bibliography.

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