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Ribeira da Trindade

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Ribeira da Trindade is a stream in the southern part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It is the most important river of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. Its basin area is 24.9 km2 (9.6 sq mi). The stream flows northwest to southeast and is about 15 km in length. Its source is in the municipality of São Domingos, near the settlement Achada Mitra. It flows through the city of Praia and discharges into the Praia Harbour, near the city centre.

Flows through: Cape Verde.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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