Article Nº 3182 Stream, valley or inland water Vol. III · p. 364
Ribeira de São João
Original title: João
The São João stream in Funchal rises at Pico Escalvado and Pico de Santo António and has borne many former names.
It rises on Pico Escalvado and Pico de Santo António, and receives the waters of the brooks of Água de Mel (‘honey water’) and Santana (‘St Anne’). In former times it bore the names Ribeira de Santa Catarina, de São Pedro, Grande and de São Francisco, and it is still known as the Ribeira de São Lázaro and the Ribeira de Santo António.
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