Bandeira Waterfall

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Bandeira Waterfall
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The waterfall in 2015
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Location of waterfall
Bandeira Waterfall
Location Baboi Craic  [ de ], Atsabe, Ermera, East Timor
Coordinates 8°55′09″S125°25′44″E / 8.9192°S 125.4289°E / -8.9192; 125.4289
WatercourseBandeira River

The Bandeira Waterfall (Portuguese : Cascata Bandeira, Tetum : Be Tuda Bandera) is a tall waterfall in the municipality of Ermera, Timor-Leste. It forms part of a minor tributary of the Loes River.

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Geography

The waterfall is located just to the east of the Letefoho  [ de ]–Atsabe road near Atsabe in the Ermera municipality. [1] [2] [3] The tallest waterfall in Timor-Leste, [2] [4] it has been described as "é de registar" [1] (transl. worth noting), and as "... an impressive sight in the wet season." [2]

At the waterfall, the Bandeira River (Portuguese: Rio Bandeira, Tetum: Mota Bandera) [3] flows over a vertical cliff. [5]

The river then feeds into the Magapu River, [6] which is a tributary of the Loes River, and, at that point, marks the border between the sucos of Baboi Leten  [ de ] (to its north) and Baboi Craic  [ de ] (to its south). [7] : 12, 13 

Economy

The waterfall has been identified as having geotourism potential, [8] and the river as being a hydrological resource with tourism potential. [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Estrutura Geográfico-Económica de Timor" [Timor's Geographical-Economic Structure]. Boletim Trimestral (in Portuguese) (74): 40. 1968. ISSN   0005-4887. OCLC   2488197 . Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ermera". Tourism Timor-Leste. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Mota Bandera, Ermera, Timor Leste". Mindat.org . Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Atsabe". Karst Organics. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wonders of Timor-Leste". Wondermondo. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ↑ República Democrática de Timor-Leste: Ermera [Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Ermera](PDF) (Map). 1:75000 (in Portuguese). Cartography by Instituto Superior Técnico. Lisbon: Timor-Leste GIS Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Município Ermera: Esboços Mapa Suco no Aldeia Timor-Leste (PDF) (in Tetum). Dili: Ministério das Finanças / Direcção Geral de Estatística / Direcção Nacional Cartografia Estatísticas. 2019. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Manuel, Delio; Faria, Mafaldo Jose (October 2018). Preliminary Identification of Geotourism Potential: Tourist Zones of Eastern, Central and Western Part of Timor-Leste (Lautem, Baucau, Dili, Ainaro, Ermera and Bobonaro Municipality). 4th International Conference on Timor Leste Geological Resources Data and Information for Economic Diversification and Development. Dili: Academia.edu. pp. 4, 6.
  9. ↑ Silveira, Joaquim Pereira de (July 2016). O turismo de mergulho em Timor-Leste: as potencialidades do património subaquático como motor de desenvolvimento – o caso de Díli [Diving tourism in Timor-Leste: the potential of underwater heritage as a development engine – the case of Dili] (Master of Tourism thesis) (in Portuguese). University of Porto. p. 59. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

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