Place river/stream Fajã da Ovelha Calheta
Ribeira de São João
Fajã da Ovelha · Calheta
stream in Funchal, rising in Santo António and reaching the sea at São Lázaro, Madeira
The Ribeira de São João is the westernmost of the three large streams crossing Funchal; it rises in Santo António, reaches the sea at São Lázaro and formerly bore several other names. It marked the western limit of old Funchal and of the planned walls, the first settlement stood on its right bank, and its sediment is silting up the Pontinha cove. A stream of the same name is also recorded as crossing the parish of Fajã da Ovelha.
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- Fajã da Ovelha (parish) — Stream that crosses the parish.
- Geology — Its sediment is silting up the Pontinha cove.
- São Paulo (street) — Stream marking the other end of the street and the edge of the old sítio de São Paulo.
- Cortina da Cidade (city walls) — The western walls followed its left bank.
- St John the Baptist (chapels) — Westernmost stream of Funchal, formerly bearing several other names, beside which the chapel stands.
- St Francis in Funchal (convent) — Stream on whose right bank the first settlement stood.
- Phenological observations — Oaks planted on its left bank were observed budding in December 1905.
- Old Funchal — Not reached by the city on the west.
- Fortifications — Western limit of the planned walls.
- Sugar-cane mills — Stream into which saboteurs poured garapa from the S. João factory.
- Campo do Duque — Said to bound the field on the other side.
- Stream walls — Works still lacking in 1814.
- Funchal – I. Origin of the name — Western limit of the early town.
- Horsetails (Equisetaceae) — Stream where the horsetail grows.
- Flash floods — Stream that carried off about twenty houses in 1815.