Torre River, Portugal

Torre River
Red Dot = Torre River at the Alvor Estuary
Native name	Ribeiro da Torre (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
District	Faro
Physical characteristics
Source	Conflux of small streams
• location	Serra de Monchique, Algarve
• coordinates	37°18′18.0″N8°36′02.5″W / 37.305000°N 8.600694°W / 37.305000; -8.600694
Mouth	Alvor Estuary [1]
• location	Alvor (Portimão), Algarve, Portugal
• coordinates	37°09′02.2″N8°35′26.2″W / 37.150611°N 8.590611°W / 37.150611; -8.590611

The Torre River (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨ] ) is a small river in the south west Algarve, Portugal. ^{[2] [3]} The rivers headwater sources are a number of small streams and brooks rising from springs across the Serra de Monchique. The river runs for around 11.0 kilometres (6.8 mi) from these sources southwards towards the town of Portimão where it discharges into the Alvor Estuary ^[4] close to the coastal village of Alvor.

References

1. The south west coast of the Algarve into the Atlantic at The Ria de Alvor (Alvor Estuary)
2. "49-C Monchique", Sheet map scale 1:50 000 Carta Corografica De Portugal – 49D Sheet Map showing the course of the Torre River and its discharge into the Alvor Estuary, Instituto Geografico Portugues, ISBN   9789728867102
3. "49-C Monchique". Listing of the Map on Stanford’s website. Stanfords Bookshop. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
4. The Algarve. Rough guides – Penguin Group. 2010. ISBN   9781848364981.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)