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Ribeira Principal

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Ribeira Principal is a stream in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It flows completely within the municipality of São Miguel. Its source is in the Serra Malagueta mountains. It flows generally north, through the valley of Principal, and joins the Atlantic Ocean near Achada Monte.

Flows through: Cape Verde.

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

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